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Feb 8, 20091

Protect women — CHR

by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest

Dec 25, 20080

Jobless workers return home (An uncertain future brews)

Cecil Morella
Agence France-Presse

Filed Under: World Financial Crisis, Labor, Economy and Business and Finance, Overseas Employment, Economic Indicators

ANGONO, Philippines — Americans were already defaulting on home payments when Gertrudes Capili mortgaged her modest farm near Manila to… Read the rest

Dec 6, 20080

Retrenchments among OFWs only a trickle – GMA

Philippine Star

President Arroyo described yesterday layoffs among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as “only a trickle” as she unveiled a package of programs to assist displaced workers.

Speaking at Malacañang before some 100 Filipinos who recently lost their jobs in… Read the rest

Dec 5, 20080

Taiwan still needs Filipino workers

Ma. Elisa P. Osorio
Philippine Star

Taiwan still has strong demand for Filipino workers despite the recent layoff of 1,263 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the government said.

“There still are employment opportunities. We are working closely with the Taiwan… Read the rest

Dec 3, 20080

590,000 Filipinos at risk of losing jobs

Christine Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Saying 2009 could be a “perilous” year, Senator Edgardo Angara said on Wednesday that close to 60,000 Filipinos could lose their jobs abroad, mostly from the United States, due to the global recession.… Read the rest

Nov 27, 20080

BBC comedy hit for racist remark vs Pinay maids

Delon Porcalla
Philippine Star

The government was urged to file a complaint and demand an apology from the British government-owned British Broadcasting Corp. for racist remarks and negative portrayal of Filipinas abroad, specifically Filipina domestic helpers.

Akbayan Rep. Risa… Read the rest

Nov 24, 20080

More foreign employers recruiting Pinoy workers

Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star
More and more foreign employers are coming to the country to recruit Filipino workers despite the prevailing economic crisis.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) yesterday reported that a group of Australian employers is arriving… Read the rest

Nov 21, 20080

NGO: 781 OFWs lose jobs in Taiwan (POEA urged to disallow contract recycling)

Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — At least 781 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been laid off in Taiwan and returned to the country since September after their employers started declaring bankruptcy or retrenching workers as the global… Read the rest

Nov 19, 20080

RP hopes to fill up jobs in S. Korea

Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — Even as the global recession is hitting South Korea’s export-dependent factories, the Philippines still hopes to fill 10,000 jobs left unfilled from last year’s employment permit system (EPS), administrator Jennifer Manalili of the… Read the rest

Nov 10, 20080

DOLE fears displacement of seafarers due to crisis

Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported that over 40,000 Filipino seamen could be displaced due to the prevailing global economic crisis.

Labor Secretary Marianito Roque warned the people that the economic crisis is… Read the rest

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