Philippine officials ask Taipei to take on more workers

 

Philippine officials ask Taipei to take on more workers
Taipei Times - Taipei,Taiwan
The Philippines hopes to send more Filipino workers to Taiwan amid a
slowdown in deployment of overseas workers during the first quarter of the
year, ...
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/04/22/2003357702>

Filipino remittances from the UAE reach Dh1.6 billion in '06
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
DUBAI - Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the UAE, mostly in Dubai and
Abu Dhabi, sent a total of Dh1.6 billion ($427 million) to their families
in 2006, ...
<http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/business/2007/April/business_April544.xml&section=business&col=>

Lenovo says RP operations to remain normal amid job cuts
INQ7.net - Philippines
Kan did not specify that there would be job cuts in the Philippines but
said that their Philippine operations have been one of the best performers
in the ...
<http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=61715>

Deployment slump prods RP to ask Taiwan to raise labor quota
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
... saying it would lead to huge cuts in job orders from the Middle East,
the biggest employer of OFWs. The source said that Philippine Overseas
Employment ...
<http://www.gmanews.tv/story/39268/Deployment-slump-prods-RP-to-ask-Taiwan-to-raise-labor-quota>

Repeated visit visa renewals leave four Filipinas stranded
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The women were finally allowed to enter Dubai after officials, with the
assistance of the Philippine Consulate General, determined that their visit
visas ...
<http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Immigration_and_Visas/10119753.html>

The developing world's absent providers
International Herald Tribune - France
In the Philippines, local idiom stresses the uncertainty of the migrant's
lot. An Overseas Filipino Worker - OFW - does not say he is off to make his
...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/20/news/workers.php>

Fil-Ams cry foul over Bush plan
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines
... vice chairperson of the umbrella National Federation of
Filipino-American Associations (NaFFAA). On the other hand, migrant workers
group Migrante ...
<http://www.philstar.com/philstar/Freeman200704211801.htm>

New policies on Canada's temporary worker program
By joy_scanner
Glecy Duran, National Vice-Chairperson for Western Canada of SIKLAB-Canada (Advance and Uphold the Rights of Overseas Filipino Workers-Canada said, "These changes are once again a slap in the face of thousands of migrant workers in ...
<http://www.sentidokomon.com/?p=342>