Consular officers to visit KSA remote areas — GMA

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued a directive to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) so that consular officers would be fielded in remote areas of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) every two months to look after Filipino workers there. Read more

GMA to fly home with 120 repatriated OFWs

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is scheduled to arrive in Manila this week with 120 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were charged as illegal migrants and then released by the Saudi Arabian government.

The President, who is returning home after visiting Turkey, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), also expressed hopes that other OFWs will be repatriated after their problems are resolved. Read more

Board exams in November for nurses in KSA

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said nursing board examinations will be held in the last week of November in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

According to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS), Arroyo told Philippine Ambassador Antonio Villamor on Tuesday to draft an executive order for the holding of yearly board examinations for nurses in KSA. Read more

PRC to hold yearly int’l licensure exams in KSA

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to conduct yearly international licensure examinations for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

According to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS), Arroyo wants the exams to be held on a regular basis even beyond her term. Read more

30 caregivers bound for Japan under JPEPA

Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura led the Send-Off Ceremony for about 30 Filipino Candidate Caregivers bound for caregiver schools in Japan last Friday at the HEDC Building in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman.

The caregivers will be deployed under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) on the Movement of Natural Persons School Track. Read more

Kabuhayan project for OFW families

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will set up Micro Business Incubation Centers (MIBCs) to boost the capacities of the marginalized informal sector, displaced and other disadvantaged workers, and the families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to operate a livelihood project and lead productive lives.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D Roque said the DOLE Kabuhayan (DK) Starter KITS Project Read more

Pinay named UK caregiver of the year

Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Natividad Dela Cruz is the first Filipino to be named “Caregiver of the Year” by the United Kingdom’s (UK) Amazing Awards.

Originally from Cagayan de Oro, Dela Cruz is a 39-year-old midwife who came to London in 2004 to work as a caregiver in a nursing home for the elderly. Read more

RP, UK sign legal cooperation agreements

The Philippines and the United Kingdom (UK) signed two bilateral agreements on legal cooperation last Friday.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo and British First Secretary of State Lord Mandelson signed the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) and Extradition Treaty for the Philippines and the UK. Read more

Pinoys not main target of UK immigration crackdown–RP Embassy

Filipinos in the United Kingdom (UK) are generally law-abiding and have generally not been affected by the ongoing drive by UK immigration authorities, according to the Philippine Embassy in London.

The target of the campaign involves nationals without appropriate work permits or other documentation from Eastern European countries Read more

How 2 Come to the UK | By CHARLES KELLY

Undocumented Filipino in UK seek GMA help

LONDON, the United Kingdom–Around 10,000 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) estimated to be living in the United Kingdom (UK) were expected to ask the help of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to take up their case with the British authorities.... Read more

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