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DFA: No Passport and Document Authentication on Feb 13 by OFW Abroad on Feb 8, 2012The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced that passport services and document authentication will be closed on February 13 due to non-working holiday imposed by Parañaque government in celebration of Parañaque Day. On the other hand, OC...
License of Two Agencies, Cancelled by POEA by OFW Abroad on Feb 5, 2012In an advisory that appeared in the official website of POEA, the government agency announced the cancellation of licenses of two recruitment agencies, the Lucky International Placement Services Inc. and Tai-Fil Manpower Services Inc. The reason for...
POEA bans OFW deployment to Iraq, except for Kurdistan region by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on Feb 4, 2012Image via Wikipedia The Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), after due deliberation, has approved Governing Board Resolution No. 3, series of 2012, imposing a total ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino w...
POEA allows redeployment of OFWs to Yemen by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on Feb 4, 2012The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Governing Board has issued a resolution allowing the redeployment of overseas Filipino workers who have came home to the Philippines to return to their work in Yemen. “The POEA Governing Boa...
Saudi To Hire Filipino Household Workers Again by OFW Abroad on Feb 3, 2012Good news to Filipino household service workers who wants to work in Saudi Arabia. Less than a year after issuing a deployment ban, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is ready to issue work visas to Filipino household service workers again. Furthermore, Sau...
Passport Mobile Schedule from DFA for March by OFW Abroad on Feb 3, 2012For those who need to apply or renew for a Philippine passport, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will conduct mobile passport services in different locations in March. All the mobile passport services are scheduled on a Saturday. The sc...
8th EPS-TOPIK Registration and Exam Schedule by OFW Abroad on Feb 1, 2012The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration recently announced the schedule of the 8th Employment Permit System- Test of Proficiency in Korean (EPS-TOPIK) in thePhilippines. According to an advisory that is posted in the POEA website, here is...
To OFWs: Register for OAV, Win Trips & Gift Checks by OFW Abroad on Feb 1, 2012To encourage more OFWs to register for the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced that they are ready to give away all-expense paid trips to top tourist spots in the Philippines and gift checks through a raffl...
DFA Raises Crisis Alert Level in Iraq to 3 by OFW Abroad on Feb 1, 2012The DFA raised the crisis alert level in Iraq to 3 and this means the Philippine government will facilitate the voluntary repatriation of all Filipinos in the country, The alert level covers all regions of Iraq except the northern autonomous region...
Filipinos Warned Against Fake Jobs in Chinese Cities by OFW Abroad on Jan 30, 2012The following warning is taken from the Facebook page of PIA-OFW Watch Filipino job-seekers were warned strongly against falling for promises of fake jobs in four Chinese cities and the special territories of Hong Kong and Macau, where hiring of fore...
