BusinessWorld Online: More OFWs sent home due to crisis: "More OFWs sent home due to crisis
TACLOBAN CITY — More overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been displaced and sent home due to the global economic downturn.
As of yesterday, the Overseas Filipino Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here said 91 OFWs have been sent home to Eastern Visayas region.
'During the first quarter of the year, many of the affected workers were in Taiwan and some in the United States.
'From April to May, most of the reported retrenchments were from Middle East countries,' said Alberto Penaflor, OWWA regional information officer, in an interview.
The displaced OFWs reported to the Department of Labor and Employment Help Desk for livelihood and job placement assistance.
Mr. Penaflor said as of this month, 81 of the displaced workers received skills training, job placement, and a two-year collateral-free loan package of P50,000.
'Twenty-eight OFWs have already received the financial assistance amounting to P1.15 million,' Mr. Penaflor told BusinessWorld."
Sunday, May 24, 2009
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Taiwan stimulus package may cut risk of further OFW layoffs | Home >> Pinoy Abroad >> Asia
Taiwan stimulus package may cut risk of further OFW layoffs | Home >> Pinoy Abroad >> Asia: "MANILA, Philippines - Overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Taiwan may heave a sigh of relief as Taiwan’s economic stimulus package may reduce the risk of further OFW retrenchments, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said.
MECO resident representative Antonio I. Basilio said Taiwan’s economic stimulus program and an improvement in its export prospects could significantly reduce the number of retrenched Filipino workers in Taiwan.
Although the steady employment projections depend on an improvement in the economies of Taiwan’s major markets like the US, the country is in the midst of an economic stimulus program to pump cash into the economy.
Each Taiwanese citizen is being given cash vouchers for spending and new infrastructure and construction projects in the pipeline. Basilio said these efforts may result in new jobs for Filipinos."
MECO resident representative Antonio I. Basilio said Taiwan’s economic stimulus program and an improvement in its export prospects could significantly reduce the number of retrenched Filipino workers in Taiwan.
Although the steady employment projections depend on an improvement in the economies of Taiwan’s major markets like the US, the country is in the midst of an economic stimulus program to pump cash into the economy.
Each Taiwanese citizen is being given cash vouchers for spending and new infrastructure and construction projects in the pipeline. Basilio said these efforts may result in new jobs for Filipinos."
Monday, February 2, 2009
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| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... |
Monday, January 26, 2009
Bailout plan for workers pushed - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Bailout plan for workers pushed - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "MANILA, Philippines—Labor groups and economic experts are pressing the Arroyo administration to bail out workers displaced by the global economic crisis by expanding the government’s cash subsidy programs.
The government should earmark part of the P330-billion stimulus package it is seeking to boost the economy to help jobless Filipino workers and spur consumer spending, the labor organizations and experts said."
The government should earmark part of the P330-billion stimulus package it is seeking to boost the economy to help jobless Filipino workers and spur consumer spending, the labor organizations and experts said."
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
GMANews.TV - OFW Microsite - Groups score gov't for inaction on plight of OFWs
GMANews.TV - OFW Microsite - Groups score gov't for inaction on plight of OFWs: "MANILA, Philippines - Members of Kilusang Mayo Uno and Migrante International on Thursday picketed the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to protest the government's alleged inaction on the plight of retrenched overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
QTV's 'Balitanghali' reported that the groups, together with some OFWs who lost their jobs in Taiwan, demanded that the government give back the alleged exorbitant fees that recruitment agencies charged them.
'We condemn the continued government inaction to our demands,' Crisitina de Borja, a retrenched worker, said. 'At the minimum we demand that the exorbitant placement fees recruitment agencies have charged will be given back to us. This is the law and we cannot understand why the government cannot enforce it.'"
QTV's 'Balitanghali' reported that the groups, together with some OFWs who lost their jobs in Taiwan, demanded that the government give back the alleged exorbitant fees that recruitment agencies charged them.
'We condemn the continued government inaction to our demands,' Crisitina de Borja, a retrenched worker, said. 'At the minimum we demand that the exorbitant placement fees recruitment agencies have charged will be given back to us. This is the law and we cannot understand why the government cannot enforce it.'"
Monday, January 12, 2009
2,500 OFWs lose Taiwan jobs - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
2,500 OFWs lose Taiwan jobs - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "A total of 2,500 Filipinos were laid off by factories in Taiwan adjusting to lower global demand, according to records kept by the labor department's Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)."
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