CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — President Rodrigo Duterte on Labor Day inspected the first hospital dedicated to providing medial and diagnostic services of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their beneficiaries. Located on two-hectare land donated by the Pampanga provincial government in Barangay Sindalan in the City of San Fernando, the seven-storey facility was built on…

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The country’s first ever hospital dedicated to Overseas Filipino Workers(OFW) located in San Fernando City, Pampanga. This hospital would give free services for OFWs securing medical certificates covering laboratory examinations and other requirements for their overseas deployment, the facility would also offer free services to the dependents of OFWs. The expertise of the government’s top…

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Sa pinagsamang resolusyon, inatasan ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration at Pag-IBIG Fund ang mga overseas Filipino workers na i-secure ang kanilang membership identification number online. Pinapaalalahanan ang mga OFW at recruitment agencies na sumunod sa bagong patakaran, na ayon sa POEA ay naglalayong mapabuti ang buhay ng mga Pilipinong nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa. Sinabi ng…

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20th March 2022 – (Hong Kong) A selfie video of a foreign domestic helper was circulating on the social media yesterday. She made accusations against her employer in fluent Cantonese. She claimed that her employer was arrogant and lamented that she was only paid around HK$4,000 without any leave. She challenged her employer to try…

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Some of the foreign domestic helpers currently undergoing quarantine at two designated hotels will be moved elsewhere to continue their isolation, the government announced on Thursday. Labour officials explained that this is because Courtyard by Marriott in Sha Tin and the Rambler Garden Hotel in Tsing Yi will be “redeployed for other anti-epidemic use”, without…

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Travel Advisory for Hong Kong has been updated to reflect health and security conditions on the ground.  The Travel Advisory is now at Level 4: – Do Not Travel due to COVID-19 and COVID-19 related restrictions, including the risk of parents and children being separated.  U.S. citizens should also reconsider travel to Hong Kong due to arbitrary…

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Two quarantine hotels for foreign domestic helpers – Regala Skycity Hotel (Regala) and iclub Ma Tau Wai Hotel – will be converted into community isolation facilities starting from March 1.   In addition, the government announced all helpers coming to Hong Kong from March 1 can choose to quarantine at any designated quarantine hotel –…

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Under the COVID-19 epidemic, the number of foreign domestic helpers coming to Hong Kong has decreased, which has led to a surge in demand for foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong. Some unscrupulous intermediaries have encouraged existing foreign domestic helpers to switch jobs to earn higher salaries. During the The Legislative Council meeting today, the…

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Officials say capacity and public health reasons justify move but change will not apply to incoming travellers Government source says policy was not extended to arrivals because local outbreak is driven by Omicron while globally Delta and other variants are still ‘out there’