The Department of Labor and Employment seeks to reduce the estimated 8,000 overstaying overseas Filipino workers in South Korea so that it could increase its deployment in the north Asian country through its Employment Permit System (EPS), reports Interaksyon.com.
Beginning October 2015, only e-Passports (dark maroon machine-readable passports) will be accepted by immigration authorities as the old passports are phased out, reports Inquirer.net. The Department of Foreign Affairs announced that all non-machine readable passports must be completely phased out by November 24, 2015.
A group of mostly high school students from Metro Manila topped the just-ended 2013 Asian Intercities Teenagers’ Mathematics Olympiad held in West Java, Indonesia, the Inquirer.net learned Monday. The news was relayed to the Inquirer by Dr. Simon Chua, president of the Mathematics Trainers’ Guild-Philippines (MTG) and head of the Philippine delegation to the 10-nation competition held Dec. 28.
Filipino workers can again be deployed to Egypt, reports ABS-CBN News. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) governing board approved Thursday a resolution allowing the resumption of deployment of Filipino workers to that country.
Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone left a bag of chocolates in the back seat of his vehicle, but the stash turned out to be $300,000 in cold hard cash, reports ABC News. Now, Gamboa is winning honors for honesty after turning in the money he found Monday. Yellow Checker Star Transportation named Gamboa its driver of the year and rewarded him with $1,000 and a dinner for two at a restaurant.
Filipino nurses seeking employment in the US are increasing in number again, reports Philstar.com. Cebu Rep. Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. said a total of 2,952 nurses took the US licensure examination from January to September this year, up by nearly 11 percent from 2,662 in the same period in 2012.
Longer term British support will help rebuild homes in the Philippines and get people back into jobs, the UK’s International Development Secretary Justine Greening said on Tuesday, reports Manila Standard Today.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has raised Alert Level 3 on South Sudan, scene of ongoing violent incidents, and a rapid-response team flew from Manila Monday night to help process the repatriation of overseas Filipino Workers there, reports Interaksyon.com.
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