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 ...

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 ...