[ NEWS ]
January 10, 2012
DFA Raises Alert Level 3 in South Sudan
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced today that it raises the crisis alert level in South Sudan to alert level 3 (voluntary repatriation) in light of the deteriorating security situation caused by inter-ethnic violence in the country, as well as for the protection of Filipinos in the area.
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[ NEWS ]
January 9, 2012
56 OFWs Repatriated From Syria
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[ NEWS ]
January 9, 2012
Phl Embassy Issues Advisory for Prospective Filipino Students to the UK
The Philippine Embass in London encourages all Filipino students wishing to pursue graduate and post-graduate academic degrees in the United Kingdom (UK) to transact directly with academic institutions of higher learning whose reputation is at least equal to that of leading Philippine universities.
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[ NEWS / ADVISORY]
January 4, 2012
Advisory on Travel to Thailand
The Department of Foreign Affairs announced today the lifting of the non-essential travel advisory to Bangkok, Thailand. Filipino nationals may now undertake travels to Bangkok.
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[ NEWS ]
January 4, 2012
Filipinos in Syria don't want to go home - DFA chief
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday raised the crisis alert level in Syria from alert level 3 to alert level 4 in view of the escalating violence in that country.
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Source: www.interaksyon.com
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[ NEWS ]
December 22, 2011
As Syria crisis worsens, DFA begins mandatory repatriation of OFWs
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday raised the crisis alert level in Syria from alert level 3 to alert level 4 in view of the escalating violence in that country.
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Source: www.interaksyon.com
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[ NEWS / ADVISORY]
POEA allows return of selected workers to Libya
The POEA Governing Board has allowed the gradual redeployment of returning workers to Libya subject to guidelines provided by Memorandum Circular No. 14, Series of 2011.
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[ NEWS / ADVISORY]
POEA gears up for peak season, tells returning OFWs
to get exit clearance early
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has formed Task Force Balik-Manggagawa in anticipation of the arrival of thousands of OFWs who will spend the holiday season in the country even as Administrator Carlos S. Cao Jr. advises returning workers to have their overseas employment certificate (OEC) or travel exit clearance processed early.
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[ NEWS ]
December 8, 2011
Filipino drug trafficker in China
executed
Vice President Jejomar Binay on
Thursday announced that China
had proceeded with the
execution of a convicted Filipino
drug mule around midday that
day.
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Source: www.interaksyon.com
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[ NEWS ]
December 1, 2011
Filipino drug trafficker in
China to be executed on
December 8
A 35-year-old Filipino who was
caught trying to smuggle in 1.495
kilos of heroin into China in 2008
has been sentenced to die on
December 8, the Department of
Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.
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Source: www.interaksyon.com
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[ NEWS ]
November 9, 2011
DFA withdraws certification on
41 'OFW-unfriendly' countries
The Department of Foreign
Affairs has withdrawn its
certification for 41 countries that
served as basis for a deployment
ban issued by the Philippine
Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA).
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Source: www.interaksyon.com
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[ NEWS ] OFWs cannot be
deployed to 41 countries
-- POEA
The Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration
(POEA) has placed 41 countries
on thelist of countries where
overseas Filipino workers
(OFWs) cannot be deployed
because they do not provide
enough protection to migrant
workers...
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Source: www.interaksyon.com
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[ NEWS ] Crew including 8
Pinoys recapture Taiwan ship from
Somali pirates
TAIPEI -- The crew of a
Taiwanese fishing vessel fought
against armed Somali pirates to
retake their ship after it was
hijacked off East Africa, Taiwan
authorities said Sunday...
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Source: www.interaksyon.com
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[ ADVISORY ] PDOS at POEA
transferred to OWWA
Pursuant to the policy directions
of the Department of Labor and
Employment and the
POEA-OWWA Joint Circular
No. 01, Series of 2011 amending
the POEA-OWWA Joint Circular
No.4, Series of 2002, the
management and conduct of
Pre-Departure Orientation
Seminar (PDOS) for
government-placed and
name-hired workers has been
transferred to OWWA.
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[ ADVISORY ] Exit clearance
validation for seafarers
Effective November 1, 2011,
Filipino seafarers shall be
required to have their travel exit
clearance validated at the POEA
Labor Assistance Centers (LAC)
at the airports prior to their
departure. Deploying manning
agencies are advised to inform
their departing seafarers
accordingly.
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