How 2 Come to the UK | By CHARLES KELLY

Where to get advice on debt problems

LONDON, United Kingdom — Many migrants find the lure of easy credit on offer in the United Kingdom (UK) hard to resist and eventually get themselves into serious debt and even bankruptcy.... Read more

Job fairs in June

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released the schedule of local and overseas job fairs for the month of June.

These events will be held in Regions 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Read more

Pharmaceutical association supports Project NARS

The country’s largest pharmaceutical group will sponsor the deployment of 100 more nurses for the Nurse Assigned in Rural Services (NARS) project, which has already placed 5,000 unemployed registered nurses in poor municipalities. Read more

IOM forum series (2 of 5)

‘Cultivating Social Insurance’

The theme of the second installment of the International Organization for Migration’s Thursday forum series was “Cultivating Social Insurance.” It was held on April 2.

A huge amount of remittances go to the health care and education of OFW families. Read more

1,231 qualify as CPAs

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A total of 1,231 out of 4,262 examinees passed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examination held in Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Manila, Cebu, Davao, Legazpi and Iloilo earlier this month. Read more

Civil, electrical engineer exams results released

A total of 1,199 out of 2,744 examinees passed the May 2009 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination. Meanwhile, 527 out of 1,497 Registered Electrical Engineers; 465 out of 1,120 Registered Master Electricians; and 2 out of 2 Professional Electrical Engineers successfully passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examinations. Read more

Nanny hotline launched in Ontario

Ontario’s Ministry of Labor launched a toll-free hotline for foreign caregivers, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), so they can ask for advice on their rights under labor laws, and report abuse and exploitation.

The hotline, 1-866-372-3247, first received calls on the last week of April. Further investigation on abuse reports will be handled by a “specially trained team,” according to The Toronto Star. Read more

KSA online service for inquiries on iqamas, visas

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) can now inquire about the status of their iqamas (residence cards) or get information on their application for exit and entry visas and other procedures through the internet.

Labor Secretary Marianito D Roque said last week that the KSA’s Ministry of Interior launched the online service, www.moi.gov.sa. The website allows Saudi citizens, OFWs and other expatriates to inquire about their IDs, iqamas, and visas as well as eligibility to perform Haj and other procedures in the Kingdom. Read more

How 2 Come to the UK | By CHARLES KELLY

UK Government response to shortage occupation review

LONDON, United Kingdom — Last week, the government published its response to the independent Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendations following MAC’s review of the shortage occupation lists. ... Read more

Remittances up 3.1% despite crisis

Remittances from overseas Filipinos reached $4.1 billion in the first quarter of 2009, up by 2.7% from January-March 2008.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M Tetangco Jr said on Friday that remittances for the month of March 2009 alone hit a record high of $1.5 billion, increasing by 15% from February’s $1.3 billion and 3.1% from March 2008. Read more

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