Filipino jobseekers were warned Friday against dubious job offers in the United Kingdom, especially those coursed through the Internet.

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More than 200 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Saudi Arabia have stopped working since Saturday in protest of alleged unfair labor practices of their employer.

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JEDDAH – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh are requesting officials of Philippine professional organizations in the kingdom to promote the Special Professional Licensure Board Examination (SPLBE) to increase the number of examinees and help the government maximize its resources and the program’s outcome.

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The Bacolod City Public Employment Service Office (PESO) registered 855 jobseekers abroad for the first month of 2010.

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The government’s savings and shelter financing agency has withdrawn its original plan to impose mandatory membership for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) as a requirement to process their employment papers, a Hong Kong-based group said Wednesday.

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Passport applicants can expect prompt and fast service after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) had its new consular building blessed and readied for opening last week.

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Relatives of a jailed and allegedly maltreated overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday appealed to the government for help.

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Filipino travelers were warned against staying in illegal guesthouses in Macau, after local authorities outlawed such facilities.

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Philippine officials in Saudi Arabia will ask the Saudi government to send home “for humanitarian considerations” a 35-year-old Filipino woman who was jailed for alleged immoral acts.

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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sent Vice President Manuel “Noli” de Castro Jr. to Kuwait to appeal for the life of a Filipino worker facing death in the said Arab state.

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