"According to reports, household workers bound for the Middle East spend about P5,800 to P11,300 ($134 to $262) each for medical certification, household worker assessment fee and other related fees such as those for clearance from the National Bureau of Investigations and passport, excluding transportation and food.
In the meantime, OFWs bound for Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore also shoulder compulsory insurance premiums and placement costs, which range from P50,000 to P150,000 ($1,162 to $3,488). With most OFWs on two year contracts, the upfront cost of the compulsory insurance is between P6,500 to P8,800 ($151 to $204)."
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
New tack on domestic workers’ pay terms proposed | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features
New tack on domestic workers’ pay terms proposed | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features
Domestic workers have been the leading occupational group of deployed new-hire overseas workers for many years now, says POEA data. NSO’s annual Survey on Overseas Filipinos also shows that laborers and unskilled workers, the occupational grouping where domestic workers fall under, have been the leading overseas worker remitters.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Recruiter advised OFW to jump off a building to get insurance money? | Inquirer Global Nation
Recruiter advised OFW to jump off a building to get insurance money? | Inquirer Global Nation: "When contacted by Bantay OCW, Benzon Tan denied he told Saberon to go jump off a building. He said the girl probably overheard him “teasing” a different applicant over her insurance coverage. He also denied advising Villanueva to recruit other applicants to such jobs in Taiwan. Tan did not answer our questions regarding the agency’s job orders."
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The success of OFW families - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
The success of OFW families - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "ONE OF the signs of the disproportionate social significance of Filipino families with a member working abroad is their presence in the agenda of surveys. For instance, the Bangko Sentral’s quarterly Consumer Expectations Survey asks households how many Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) they have, whether they receive remittances, and how they spend the remittances. From its national sample of 5,643 respondents in 2010Q4, 11.1 percent were OFW families."
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Maridel Sagum, living in Paris, hasn’t seen her children for 12 years.
"Across the world, millions of mothers have made this sacrifice for their children — forgoing a life with them in hope of ensuring a better life for them. These women venture far, often into the uncertain world of undocumented domestic work that in effect keeps them hostage in their host countries. Often, they toil six-day weeks, send home much of their meager earnings and — now, in the digital age — say goodnight to the children onSkype or by instant messenger."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/world/europe/08iht-ffhelp08.html?_r=1&ref=thefemalefactor
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/world/europe/08iht-ffhelp08.html?_r=1&ref=thefemalefactor
Monday, March 14, 2011
Updates March 14
| Taiwan lifts suspension of OFW contract renewal Manila Bulletin Worse, Taiwan decided to send back the 90000 documented OFWs in Taiwan upon expiration of their contracts by refusing to renew their contracts. ... |
| Taiwan relaxes rules for OFW visa applications GMANews.TV Viewing personnel changes at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) as a show of "regret," Taiwan on Wednesday made a reciprocal gesture by announcing that it has ... |
| PCCA exec helps OFWs in Taiwan Journal Online Dy, a Filipino-Chinese philanthropist, said he is neither pro-Taiwan nor pro-China, but a private citizen concerned about the plight of OFWs based in Taiwan ... |
| Philippines hopes for better ties with Taiwan Philippine Star Lacierda said the easing of requirements for OFWs going to Taiwan was a welcome development and that back-channel talks had been ongoing. ... |
| • OFW Recalls Danger in Libya, Denounces Neglect by Philippine ... Bulatlat Lebria's first two attempts to apply for a job abroad – first to Australia, then to Taiwan — were both frustrated by illegal recruiters. ... |
| Taiwan understands, really Manila Standard Today And Taiwan can still play the OFW card, which would certainly affect the livelihoods of upwards of 100000 Filipinos (illegals included) working there. ... |
| Sand castles BusinessWorld Online These threatened Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia, ... mostly signed for by OFW families, in the growing unrest in the Middle East, ... |
| David goes to Immigration; Taiwan impasse end seen Malaya ... offshoot of the controversial deportation last month of 14 Taiwanese to Beijing, ... In the absence of an apology, OFW hiring was subjected to stringent ... |
| Stop treating workers as exports Zamboanga Today Online Taiwan has just recently threatened to send home thousands of Filipinos ... the fact that the OFWremittances comprise more than 10% of the country's GNP. ... |
| BSP to review remittance targets amid Mideast unrest, Japan disaster GMANews.TV The central bank also projects OFW remittances to breach $20-billion this year. ... Hong Kong ($362.5 million), and Taiwan ($121.7 million). ... |
Monday, March 7, 2011
News updates
| Review of state employment program sought Sun.Star "We wish to inform all Taiwan-bound OFWs that we have put in place measures that shall ensure the swift release of their voter ID cards to facilitate their ... |
| Fighting Batangueña Philippine Star She said that OWWA has sent a Welfare Officer in Yemen where an estimated 1000 OFWs are located. She said that the 5000 applicants for Taiwan jobs have not ... |
| Agency for OFWs eyed Journal Online The labor department also depends on DFA for inputs about OFWs. ... We have to save the jobs of our workers in Taiwan over a deportation snafu of their ... |
| Comelec moves on Taiwan documents Malaya "If an OFW files his request between 8 am and 12 noon, his voter's ID will be released 4 pm," he said. Last month, TECO, the de facto embassy for Taiwan in ... |
| Bangko Sentral lays down guidelines for Libyan dinar exchange Philippine Star Under the CEF, each OFW returning from Libya would be allowed to exchange with the ... South Africa's rand, Sweden's kroner, Syria's pound, Taiwan's dollar, ... |
| P1 million for Caritas Manila Manila Bulletin (Christina I. Hermoso) Issuance of the voter's identification cards for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Taiwan will be fast-tracked by the ... |
| Bending rules, BSP to allow exchange of Libyan dinars GMANews.TV ... Syrian pound, (New) Taiwan dollar, and Venezuelan bolivar. ... The BSP sees OFW remittances growing by 8 percent a new record breaching the $20 billion ... |
| Libyan dinars may be converted to pesos at all banks Philippine Star The BSP and the banks require the OFWs to present pertinent documents such as ... South Africa's rand, Sweden's kroner, Syria's pound, Taiwan's dollar, ... |
| Over here, over grim Manila Bulletin What should've taken “30 to 45 seconds” per OFW as promised took 90 to 120 minutes! ... In addition, 30000 working in Taiwan could be sent home. ... |
| Outlook : Middle East Unpreparedness Team / Rigoberto D. Tiglao Inquirer.net ... even as his concise attention span was on our China and Taiwan troubles. ... Asked in a talk show if her department had informed OFWs in Libya to ... |
Monday, February 28, 2011
Updates Feb 2011
| Govt sets up special lanes for Taiwan-bound OFWs GMANews.TV Ochoa said the SSS has already opened courtesy lanes and started issuing documents certifying that the Taiwan-bound OFW is a member of SSS and has applied ... |
| PHL looks for options to Taiwan's threats not to hire OFWs GMANews.TV Malacañang over the weekend reassured jobseekers it is looking for other job openings in other countries to make up for the hiring freeze that Taiwan labor ... |
| DZIQ: Meco doing its best to help OFWs keep their jobs in Taiwan ... Inquirer.net Perez is referring to the plight of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Taiwan who are in danger of losing their jobs. Meco stands for Manila Economic ... |
| Senators urge govt to provide safety nets for OFWs GMANews.TV Villar said the Middle East is home to millions of OFWs including 31000 in Bahrain; ... which could delay the deployment of almost 5000 Taiwan-bound OFWs. ... |
| Kalinga OFW shares how she resisted being a drug mule Philippine Information Agency The lady, who earlier worked as a factory worker in Taiwan before deciding to transfer to China, rejected the offer outright. The OFW, a college graduate ... |
| Binay off to Middle East to ensure OFW safety The Philippine Online Chronicles Binay, who is also presidential adviser on OFW concerns, ... Meanwhile, Aquino's envoy to Taiwanand former presidential running-mate Mar Roxas has failed ... |
| Unprepared, disorganized Philippine Star As many as 100000 OFWs from the Middle East and Taiwan may come home this year. Is the government now prepared to take care of them? I don't believe so. ... |
| Hiring of Pinoys in Taiwan in peril Malaya POEA administrator Carlos Cao, also in a phone interview, said, "There is no freeze order for the jobs of our OFWs in Taiwan." Baldoz and Cao were reacting ... |
| Roxas downplays 'rivalry' with Binay on diplomatic front GMANews.TV I am just doing my job, for the sake of Filipinos working in Taiwan. ... “Maganda ang ating layunin dito, mabantayan ang interest ng OFW. ... |
| Aquino details efforts to assist Filipinos in war-torn Libya BusinessWorld Online On another OFW concern, five agencies have been directed by Malacañang to set up priority lanes for Filipino workers bound for Taiwan which has imposed ... |
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
updates
| Taiwan seen to ease rules on OFW hiring Philippine Star Gan further expressed hope that the more than 5000 OFWs scheduled to leave for Taiwan for this month and March can immediately fly and work in factories ... |
| No apology to Taiwan Manila Bulletin Roxas explained that 70 percent of the 90000 OFWs in Taiwan form part of the industrial labor force that fuels its economy. Roxas added the OFWs in Taiwan ... |
Thursday, January 13, 2011
‘OFWs must be taught ways of hosts’ - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
‘OFWs must be taught ways of hosts’ - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "The government should conduct country-specific pre-departure orientation seminars (PDOS) for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to avoid “embarrassing incidents” like the one where an OFW was caught with 150 pounds of copper in his luggage while leaving Saudi Arabia, a recruitment industry leader said.
Jackson Gan, vice president of the Federated Association of Manpower Exporters Inc. (Fedmanex), urged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to make sure pre-departure seminars for OFWs were “country specific” to make them aware of the laws and traditions of the countries they are going to."
Jackson Gan, vice president of the Federated Association of Manpower Exporters Inc. (Fedmanex), urged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to make sure pre-departure seminars for OFWs were “country specific” to make them aware of the laws and traditions of the countries they are going to."
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