From the News! - Your Daily News » Overseas Employment http://fromthenews.net Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:10:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Protect women — CHR http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:35:02 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5264

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 of women.

The CHR said … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm/feed 1 Jobless workers return home (An uncertain future brews) http://fromthenews.net/jobless-workers-return-home-an-uncertain-future-brews.htm http://fromthenews.net/jobless-workers-return-home-an-uncertain-future-brews.htm#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:07:34 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5202 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 help … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/jobless-workers-return-home-an-uncertain-future-brews.htm/feed 0 Retrenchments among OFWs only a trickle – GMA http://fromthenews.net/retrenchments-among-ofws-only-a-trickle-gma.htm http://fromthenews.net/retrenchments-among-ofws-only-a-trickle-gma.htm#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:35:03 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5173 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

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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 authorities … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/taiwan-still-needs-filipino-workers.htm/feed 0 590,000 Filipinos at risk of losing jobs http://fromthenews.net/590000-filipinos-at-risk-of-losing-jobs.htm http://fromthenews.net/590000-filipinos-at-risk-of-losing-jobs.htm#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:13:26 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5077 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.

“If … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/590000-filipinos-at-risk-of-losing-jobs.htm/feed 0 BBC comedy hit for racist remark vs Pinay maids http://fromthenews.net/bbc-comedy-hit-for-racist-remark-vs-pinay-maids.htm http://fromthenews.net/bbc-comedy-hit-for-racist-remark-vs-pinay-maids.htm#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:04:55 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5070 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 Hontiveros … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/bbc-comedy-hit-for-racist-remark-vs-pinay-maids.htm/feed 0 More foreign employers recruiting Pinoy workers http://fromthenews.net/more-foreign-employers-recruiting-pinoy-workers.htm http://fromthenews.net/more-foreign-employers-recruiting-pinoy-workers.htm#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:18:28 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5149 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 in … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/more-foreign-employers-recruiting-pinoy-workers.htm/feed 0 NGO: 781 OFWs lose jobs in Taiwan (POEA urged to disallow contract recycling) http://fromthenews.net/ngo-781-ofws-lose-jobs-in-taiwan-poea-urged-to-disallow-contract-recycling.htm http://fromthenews.net/ngo-781-ofws-lose-jobs-in-taiwan-poea-urged-to-disallow-contract-recycling.htm#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:22:12 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5034 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 financial crisis … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/ngo-781-ofws-lose-jobs-in-taiwan-poea-urged-to-disallow-contract-recycling.htm/feed 0 RP hopes to fill up jobs in S. Korea http://fromthenews.net/rp-hopes-to-fill-up-jobs-in-s-korea.htm http://fromthenews.net/rp-hopes-to-fill-up-jobs-in-s-korea.htm#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:33:35 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4964 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 Philippine … Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/rp-hopes-to-fill-up-jobs-in-s-korea.htm/feed 0 DOLE fears displacement of seafarers due to crisis http://fromthenews.net/dole-fears-displacement-of-seafarers-due-to-crisis.htm http://fromthenews.net/dole-fears-displacement-of-seafarers-due-to-crisis.htm#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:35:25 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5116 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 expected … Read the rest

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