Employment opportunities await pandemic-displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and jobseekers amid the reopening of economy at the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Labor department shared in a news release on Sunday. More than 600 OFWs formerly employed by Dubai Duty Free shops will be rehired, said Labor Attaché John Rio Bautista of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Dubai. “During the pandemic, Dubai Duty Free needed to lay off some workers. But with the revival of the economy here, the management reached out to us and we have a special facilitation for them. More than 600 Filipino workers will
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos on Sunday ordered a quick and thorough investigation on the incident that caused a police non-commissioned officer (PNCO) to lose an eye after being assaulted by a high ranking aviation officer in Bicol. “I want it in a week’s time, and I will render the decision based on the facts of the case, and if I don’t see it and it’s not complete, I may ask questions but at the end of the day, I want you to be swift and just for everybody,” Carlos said during his visit to the Police
Police authorities here arrested one of their colleagues, who is a high-value target drug personality, during an entrapment operation in Cotabato City on Saturday night. Brig. Gen. Eden Ugale, police director for the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), identified the suspect as Cpl. Jomar Moyet Chio, who was nabbed during a buy-bust operation along Gutierrez Ave., Barangay Rosary Heights 7, Cotabato City. Joint police personnel from Cotabato City and Sultan Kudarat town conducted the buy-bust operation that resulted in the arrest of Chio, who is assigned with the Sultan Kudarat municipal police station. “He was under surveillance for the
The Philippine National Police will start the inoculation of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) additional or third shots to 1,300 of its medical workers at the Camp Crame national headquarters. Lt. Gen. Joselito Vera Cruz, PNP deputy chief for administration, said in an interview on Sunday that they want to prepare their health front-liners for deployment in the three-day national vaccination program. The “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” days are slated November 29 to December 1. Vera Cruz, also the commander of Administrative Support and Covid-19 Task Force (ASCOFT), said they received 111 vials (six doses each) of Pfizer vaccines from the Department of
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the Phase 4 implementation of the Covid-19 Alert Level System covering the rest of the regions across the country, Malacañang announced on Saturday night. “The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved to implement Phase 4 of the Alert Level System placing the remaining regions under respective Alert Levels from 22 November 2021 to 30 November 2021,” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who is now the acting Palace spokesperson, said in a press statement. Five areas would be placed under Alert Level 3 including Apayao, Mountain Province, and Ifugao
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Region 10 (OWWA-10) has facilitated the repatriation of 27,420 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to their hometowns in Northern Mindanao this year. Eugene Mesias, OWWA’s Programs and Services Division officer-in-charge, said the data were gathered from January to November 8 this year. “There were 27,117 OFWs repatriated through sweeper flights and 303 through Malasakit (concern) voyages,” he said during Saturday night’s CORDS X podcast hosted by Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security Region 10 (CORDS-10) and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Last year, OWWA-10 brought home 26,826 OFWs, including those living outside Northern Mindanao, according to
