Major changes in UK immigration system

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) announced the major changes in the Points Based System (PBS), designed to reduce net migration, to build confidence in the Immigration System, to select the best and brightest to work/study in the United Kingdom (UK), and to bear down on the abuses of the system, according to a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) press release. Read more

789 OFWs from Libya to be redeployed, 39 hired in PNG

Labor chief Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said 789 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are to be redeployed abroad after being displaced due to the civil strife in Libya, while 39 others have already found new employment in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

According to a Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) press release, Baldoz received the re-deployment plans of four licensed overseas recruitment agencies (LRAs) whose workers have been repatriated because of the strife. Read more

Nurses cautioned on job offers in Belgium

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Advisory No. 15, Series of 2011, from Administrator Carlos S Cao, Jr

The Philippine Embassy in Brussels, Belgium has cautioned Filipino nurses on available jobs advertised by recruiters in the Philippines, who take advantage of the reported acute shortage of nurses in Belgium. Read more

3 Filipinos executed in China

Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on the execution of Ramon Credo, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva and Elizabeth Batain in Xiamen, China, March 30, 2011

We have been informed that Ramon Credo, Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, and Elizabeth Batain were administered lethal injections to carry out the sentence imposed by the courts of the People’s Republic of China this morning. Read more

Those Old Pinoy Movies

Showing on the TV screen above the driver’s head was a 2002 Fernando Poe Jr. starrer, Batas ng Lansangan. The film is about an Army officer who comes to visit his estranged daughter in Manila and gets drawn into a gunfight with a drug lord and his henchmen.... Read more

China turns down final appeal for 3 OFWs

China has turned down the Philippine Government’s last appeal for three Filipinos on death row for drug trafficking, according to a Philippine Daily Inquirer report.

Beijing’s position to uphold the verdict had been “made clear” since the Supreme People’s Court sentenced the three to death in February 2011, said the spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Makati City, Ethan Y Sun. Read more

Jobs fairs in April 2011

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) lists the following local and overseas jobs fairs for the month of April:... Read more

Pray for 3 Pinoys on death row — Binay

Vice President Jejomar Binay is asking the Filipino people to pray for the three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on death row for drug trafficking in China as he made a final appeal to Chinese President Hu Jin Tao to grant clemency.

“Let us pray for another miracle, that the lives of our kababayans will be spared. Let us not lose hope,” Binay said, according to a press release from the Office of the Vice President. Read more

Over 1,000 OFWs deployed to Taiwan after lifting of visa restrictions

Over 1,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been deployed to Taiwan after the processing period of visas went back to normal, said local recruiters, according to a Philippine Star report.

Jackson Gan of the Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan (PILMAT) also said that Taiwanese factories making electronic parts are catering to a bigger demand Read more

500 Pinoys join 5th Walk for Your Health in Dubai

BY RACHEL SALINEL

Almost 500 Filipinos participated in the 5th Walk for Your Health event at Al Safa Park in Dubai on March 25.

The annual event, held every last Friday of March, was initiated in 2007 by a group of Filipino organizations as well as individuals. Read more

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