The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is expected to pay PHP4.6 billion in unpaid salaries to 9,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were forced to return home after they stopped receiving remuneration. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is optimistic the payment will be made when KSA counterpart Ahmed Al-Rajhi visits the country in December this year. “The unpaid salaries of our OFWs can be settled just in time for Christmas,” Bello said in a news release on Sunday. Bello was in KSA last week to attend the Sixth Ministerial Consultation of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD), a
The Department of Labor and Employment cautioned Filipinos seeking overseas employment to be wary of job offers online. The warning issued Sunday came after the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Madrid, Spain received a request to verify an online job offer for a fruit farm cashier position with a salary of 3,000 to 6,000 euros, or equivalent to PHP175,000 to PHP350,000. POLO Madrid Labor Attaché Joan Lourdes Lavilla advised job seekers to be careful in entertaining “too good to be true” job opportunities abroad. “We advise jobseekers to be very cautious. Scammers use names of legitimate companies and when
The Higaonon indigenous cultural community (ICC) claimed a “significant win” after getting recognition during this year’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month. Rolando “Datu Diamla” So-ong, the mandatory IP representative of the Iligan City Council, said in a video message Friday that the local government unit (LGU) has provided them with infrastructure projects like tribal, health, and daycare centers in Sitios Malumpayag and Kadayonan. “We are thankful, as a community, that the local government has acknowledged the struggle of the tribal community to be recognized, seeking for equality,” he said in the vernacular. So-ong has also been active in encouraging residents to
Law enforcers have arrested an alleged big-time drug suspect and seized from him a kilogram of cocaine with an estimated street value of PHP5.3 million and an M-16 Armalite rifle in an operation in Pundohan Tapis, Barangay Sipangkot, Sitangkai in Tawi-Tawi on Friday afternoon. Capt. Alberto Bartolome, police chief of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, on Saturday identified the suspect as Basir Daud, 49, who was arrested in his residence. The police carried out the anti-drug operation following days of surveillance on the suspect’s illegal drug trade activity. The arresting team consisted of personnel of the Sitangkai town police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
The Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) ended the reign of terror of Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) leader Jorge Madlos (alias Ka Oris) after he was killed, together with a fellow rebel, in an encounter in a mountainous area in Impasugong, Bukidnon on Saturday. According to a news release, the 403rd Infantry Brigade (IB) of the 4ID launched operations at around 12:30 a.m. in response to information provided by residents of Sitio Gabunan in Barangay Dumalaguing that armed groups believed to be members of the National Operations Command (NOC) of the CPP-NPA Komiteng Mindanao, Regional
Aspirants for national and local positions have until the first week of November to file corrections to their names for the May 2022 polls. Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez, in a statement Saturday, said requests for the correction of names to appear on the ballot may be filed until November 8. The deadline for the substitution of an official candidate who withdrew, died or was disqualified by final judgment to file a Certificate of Candidacy (COC) is on November 15. The Comelec issued the tentative list of candidates on Friday, although some regions posted just partial lists. The
