Monday, January 11, 2010
Healthcare, construction top job sources | Manila Bulletin
Healthcare, construction top job sources | Manila Bulletin: "Taiwan was the top destination for production workers despite a slight dip in 2009 for workers in the semi-conductor, metal workers and electronics sectors.Demand for caregivers and caretakers was highest in Taiwan, Israel and the United Kingdom in 2009."
How OFWs cope with crisis under study
How OFWs cope with crisis under study: "The main bulk of the laid-off workers worldwide as of June last year who returned to the Philippines were from Taiwan (4,300) and the UAE (1,400)."
Friday, January 8, 2010
OFW remittance growth may continue slide next year — ADB - Business - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News
OFW remittance growth may continue slide next year — ADB - Business - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News: "The growth in money sent home by Filipino workers abroad may slow next year as Asia continues to reel from the slowing global economy, the Asian Development Bank said in a recent study....
The ADB said the profile of Filipinos working and living overseas have changed. Traditionally, it said, the Philippines had sent out low-skilled workers but now, a larger share of migrants comes from the high-skilled sector.
Gender composition of Filipino migrants has also changed. Before, males made up the majority, but with increasing demand for nurses, the share of female migrants has increased significantly."
The ADB said the profile of Filipinos working and living overseas have changed. Traditionally, it said, the Philippines had sent out low-skilled workers but now, a larger share of migrants comes from the high-skilled sector.
Gender composition of Filipino migrants has also changed. Before, males made up the majority, but with increasing demand for nurses, the share of female migrants has increased significantly."
BSP warned on raising OFW hopes - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
BSP warned on raising OFW hopes - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "Taiwan’s special hiring program has only deployed less than a thousand for 2008 compared to the private sector which deployed more than 40,000 factory workers and caregivers.
“Those markets have dried up and only the Middle East countries of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Libya where over two million Filipinos are concentrated are steadily increasing remittances flows,” Soriano said.
The recruitment executive, however, warned that the over 200,000 OFWs in Dubai, the second biggest source of remittances this year, were likely to send less next year because of the emirate’s debt crisis.
The BSP earlier said that in the first three quarters of the year, OFWs sent home through banks a total of $12.789 billion, up $516.62 million or 4.21 percent from the $12.273 billion in the same period in 2008"
“Those markets have dried up and only the Middle East countries of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Libya where over two million Filipinos are concentrated are steadily increasing remittances flows,” Soriano said.
The recruitment executive, however, warned that the over 200,000 OFWs in Dubai, the second biggest source of remittances this year, were likely to send less next year because of the emirate’s debt crisis.
The BSP earlier said that in the first three quarters of the year, OFWs sent home through banks a total of $12.789 billion, up $516.62 million or 4.21 percent from the $12.273 billion in the same period in 2008"
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Brighter OFW prospects in Taiwan seen | Manila Bulletin
Brighter OFW prospects in Taiwan seen | Manila Bulletin: "TAIPEI – At least 40 percent of the 5,000 permanently displaced Filipino workers in Taiwan at the height of the global financial crisis last year are now back to work and prospects for deployment are getting better following a positive outlook for this export-oriented economy.
This was revealed by Philippine labor attaché Reydeluz D. Conferido of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan during a talk with visiting Filipino reporters over the weekend.
“Total deployment has reached 70,000 in all from 60,000 OFWs here last year,” Conferido said.
Of the 70,000 OFWs in Taiwan, 40,000 are engaged in the electronics manufacturing and 20,000 are in social services (caregivers, caretakers, nursing aids, domestic workers) and the others in the construction sector, agriculture and fishery."
This was revealed by Philippine labor attaché Reydeluz D. Conferido of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan during a talk with visiting Filipino reporters over the weekend.
“Total deployment has reached 70,000 in all from 60,000 OFWs here last year,” Conferido said.
Of the 70,000 OFWs in Taiwan, 40,000 are engaged in the electronics manufacturing and 20,000 are in social services (caregivers, caretakers, nursing aids, domestic workers) and the others in the construction sector, agriculture and fishery."
Saudi Arabia: Top OFW destination in 2009 | Manila Bulletin
Saudi Arabia: Top OFW destination in 2009 | Manila Bulletin: "As for Taiwan, Manalili said the 22.1 percent decrease in the number of OFW deployed there this year is a manifestation of the global economic crisis.
Early this year, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said Taiwan recorded the highest number of Filipino workers displaced by the global financial crisis.
Roque said at least 4,197 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were laid-off in Taiwan from October 2008 to February 2009."
Early this year, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said Taiwan recorded the highest number of Filipino workers displaced by the global financial crisis.
Roque said at least 4,197 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were laid-off in Taiwan from October 2008 to February 2009."
‘Misleading’ POEA report on OFWs hit | Manila Bulletin
‘Misleading’ POEA report on OFWs hit | Manila Bulletin: "The POEA earlier said the actual OFW deployment for 2009 reached 1.23 million, adding that the global financial crisis has made little impact on the deployment of workers abroad. The total number reportedly increased by 11.7 percent from 1.14 million in 2008.“In reality, seafarers are re-hires since their contracts average to six to eight months and return to their ships again in two to three months. So, therefore, a seaman/woman may be counted twice as a new hire as he/she may leave twice in a year. This may be the real reason why the sea-based sector shows an increase in the number deployed,’’ he explained.months"
Monday, January 4, 2010
Labor Migration in 2009: A Terrible Year to Be an OFW - Bulatlat
Labor Migration in 2009: A Terrible Year to Be an OFW - Bulatlat: "But cases of abuses, contract substitution, among others, have increased, so did the number of distressed OFWs, those in foreign prisons, and the number of dead bodies being repatriated . With 3,700 OFWs now leaving daily to work abroad, excluding undocumented Filipinos, cases of “criminal neglect” of distressed and abused OFWs by government officials and agencies supposedly tasked with protecting Filipinos abroad have also been increasing."
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