UK Club assesses 200,000th crew candidate

The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme has just processed its 200,000th examinee. Dennis U Baclay, a 34-year-old Filipino, met the Programme’s exacting standards at the SuperCare Medical Service Clinic in Manila on January 13th, the UK Club said in a statement.
He was put forward by manning agents Philippine Transmarine Carriers on behalf of UK Club member Rizzo-Bottiglieri-De Carlini Amatori. Mr. Baclay will serve aboard the Michele Bottiglieri as chief cook. Read more

How 2 Come to the UK | By CHARLES KELLY

Crunch hits care homes as foreign workers go home

LONDON, United Kingdom – The Sunday Mirror (sundaymirror.co.uk, 18/01/2009) reports that care homes are struggling to survive as “tens of thousands of foreign workers quit recession-hit Britain.”... Read more

Wanted: World-class chefs

By ARTEMIO F CUSI III

“300.”

Chef Gene Gonzales was not referring to the Spartan soldiers who fought the Persian hordes at the historic battle of Thermopylae. Rather, he was talking about the number of chefs badly needed by a flight catering company servicing a major airline in the Middle East. Read more

US remains top destination for Filipino nurses

Nearly 77% of the total number of internationally educated nurses who took the US licensure exams for the first time last year were Filipino.

Passing the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), which is given by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing in the United States, is usually the third and final step in the nurse licensure process. Read more

How 2 Come to the UK | By CHARLES KELLY

Immigration bill makes it harder to become a British citizen

Immigrants who want to settle in the United Kingdom and become a British citizen will need to pass more tests and earn the right to stay under a probationary system.... Read more

Singapore bars six firms from hiring foreign workers

Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has barred six companies under investigation from hiring more foreign workers. These are Tipper Corporation; its two sub-contractors, S1 Engineering and UPNB; Gates Offshore Pte Ltd; and Goldrich Venture Pte Ltd. Read more

OFW remittances hit $15B as of Nov

Remittances of overseas Filipinos for 2008 reached US$15 billion as of November, up 15.1% from a year ago and only $1.3 billion short of the projected amount for the whole year.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects remittances sent to the Philippines through the banking system from January to December 2008 to hit $16.3 billion, higher by 13% than $14.4 billion in 2007. Read more

2009 most wanted list includes healthcare, engineering jobs

2009 will not be as gloomy as economists and analysts are predicting it to be. The good news for Filipino job seekers is that the most popular OFW professions–engineers, medical technicians and nurses–are still in the most wanted list this year.

An article published by Yahoo! and written by Joy Victory of Payscale.com, entitled “10 Hot Professions for 2009,” said there will always be a high demand for healthcare technicians (radiology or X-ray technicians, lab assistants and home health aides), engineers (particularly mechanical engineers) and nurses. Read more

200 Filipino nurses, 300 caregivers to be sent to Japan

The training and hiring program under the Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and the Philippines (JPEPA) will start with the initial recruitment of 200 Filipino nurses and 300 caregivers, said Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) will endorse this first batch of nurses and caregivers to the Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS) which will match them with pre-qualified hospitals and institutions in Japan. Read more

NZ to adopt new ‘skills in demand’ lists by March

The Department of Labour of New Zealand will be following an updated Long Term Skill Shortage List (LTSSL) and Immediate Skill Shortage List (ISSL) starting March 3.

Ang OFW Ngayon expects the new lists to still include teachers, engineers and medical practicioners. Read more

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