Monday, February 2, 2009

Roundup...

OWWA: 5000 OFWs displaced by global crisis
ABS CBN News - Philippines
“As of January 28, there were 5036 OFWs who were displaced from Taiwan, Australia, ... Dimzon said that most of those affected were OFWs in Taiwan where the ...
Many displaced workers prefer redeployment
Business Mirror - Philippines
Elwood Yambao, 35, a technician record operator displaced in Taiwan, ... will directly lend a displaced OFW up to P50,000 to expand his livelihood project. ...
Western Visayas labor officials gird for layoffs
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
He said that of the three female and 13 male displaced OFWs, 10 were working in Qatar, three in Taiwan and one each in South Korea, Kuwait and Nigeria. ...
Gov't agencies ready to provide assistance to displaced OFWs
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
OWWA Cordillera director Manuela Peña also confirmed that there are already four displaced OFWs, two from Taiwan and two from Australia, that enlisted in ...
Claim of deployment hike doubted
Business Mirror - Philippines
... unbelievable and questionable,” as many jobs had been canceled in Taiwan when ... “The 80000-plus OFWs who left in December 2008 is also questionable ...
Jobs: the bleeding goes on
Business Mirror - Philippines
For OFWs like IT workers in Taiwan, and sea-based workers, Guerrero noted that the government is preparing for these scenarios. “Secretary Roque told us ...
OFWs say government unemployment aid a hoax
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines
The protesters included members of Migrante International and retrenched OFWs from Taiwan. Gina Gaborni, Migrante International deputy secretary general, ...
President Arroyo’s Assistance Package a Hoax - Migrante
Pinoy Press - Manila,Philippines
Migrante International together with retrenched OFWs from Taiwan today trooped down the office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to ...
23485 job losses traced to crisis
Inquirer.net - Philippines
Among the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), "most of those who lost their jobs abroad are from Taiwan," he said. OFW job cuts attributed to the crisis were ...