The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration Region 2 (POEA 2) has issued another warning to applicants for overseas jobs especially in Singapore saying they should follow the legal processes of getting an overseas job to avoid being fooled by unscrupulous recruiters.

A militant labor group on Saturday expressed concern over the rising cases of contract substitution among Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle East (ME), and called on the incoming administration to investigate reported cases.

LONDON – A newspaper is reporting that Britain’s new government intends to impose a temporary limit on the number of foreign workers from outside the European Union it allows into the country.

Amid the rising number of problems raised by migrant workers there, officials of Qatar’s human rights body visited the Philippines to assure overseas Filipino workers (OFW) that the Middle East country is stepping up efforts to safeguard their welfare.

Apparently, investing millions of pesos on modernizing the country’s passport service is not enough to rid it of illegal transactions.

The term “probationary period” will be removed, but not really. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) clarified Thursday that while it is disallowing the use of the term “probationary period” in overseas employment contracts, recruitment agencies may still retain the concept “in essence”.

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stand to benefit from the Department of Foreign Affairs’ reopening of its passport extension office at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

Fely Yango and her husband are flying back to Manila from northern China on Thursday, a trip they also took six months ago. But this time Benjie is not on the seat next to Fely. He is in the aircraft’s cargo hold, sealed inside three layers of wooden casings.

A mother and her daughter, both Filipino domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who have recently finished serving their sentences for abandoning their “abusive” employer, are now seeking the assistance of the Philippine Embassy there for their repatriation.

GARAPAN, Saipan – At least 22 Filipino nurses and auxiliary personnel in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have complained they have not been paid on time for as long as three months now.