‘Giving out AEPs like candies’: Labor and Employment Sec. Silvestre Bello III, during a public hearing on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) Tuesday, February 11, 2020, says the department is “powerless” in ordering the closure of a foreign offshore gaming operation even if it is employing illegal foreign workers. Sen. Joel Villanueva, chair of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, said DOLE is giving out Alien Employment Permits (AEPs) like candies noting that from 20, 000 AEPs issued in 2018, the number increased to more than 100,000 AEPs issued in 2019.(Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB)
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PH, sinuspinde ang deployment ng OFWs sa Oman

June 18, 2021
BNFM Makati

Sinuspinde ng gobyerno ang deployment ng overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sa Oman sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic.

Ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, ang bagong hakbang ay alinsunod sa inisyung POEA Board Resolution na nagsususpinde sa deployment ng mga manggagawang Pinoy patungong Oman.

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Aniya, ginawa ang hakbang batay sa rekomendasyon ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) matapos na i-ban ng Oman ang mga biyahero mula sa Pilipinas.

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Maging ang mga biyahero umano na dumaan ng Pilipinas ay di rin pinapapasok ng Oman government.