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Category Archives: OFW Empowerment

PhilEmbRy:Correct Residency and Labor Status; NOC not required

May 12, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

Philippine Embassy in Riyadh
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Press Release

No. PR-083- 2013
12 May 2013


CORRECT RESIDENCY AND LABOR STATUS, OR LEAVE THE COUNTRY;

“NO-OBJECTION CERTIFICATES” NOT REQUIRED

 

(RIYADH, 12 May 2013) – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh urges all Filipino workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to correct their status in view of the generous exemptions and facilitation granted and announced by the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Labor wherein workers can easily correct their residency and labor status, or otherwise leave the country, even without first obtaining No Objection Certificates from their current employers.

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KSA: Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Labor announce exceptions and facilitations for grace period

May 11, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

Unofficial English Translation

Original in Arabic on Saudi Press Agency – www.spa.gov.sa

Riyadh, 30 Jumadi Al-Thani 1434 corresponding to 10 May 2013.SPA

The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Labor called on all establishments, individual, and expatriates to immediately rectify their violations of the rules and regulation of residency and labor laws and to take advantage of the exemptions and facilitations approved by the Royal Decree before the expiration of the grace period up to 24-08-1434 corresponding to 3-July -2013. Meanwhile, the concerned authorities confirmed that they would begin the inspection campaigns and will immediately implement the rules and regulations to the violator employers and expatriate workers after the deadline.

Exemptions and Facilitations cover the following:

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KSA: Philippine Ambassador Thanks The Custodian for the Exemptions and Facilities for Expatriates to Rectify Status

May 10, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

Saudi Press Agency

Philippine Ambassador Thanks The Custodian for the Exemptions and Facilities for Expatriates to Rectify Status
Source: philembassy-riyadh.org

Philippine Ambassador Ezzedin H. Tago welcomed the guidelines, exemptions and facilities announced jointly by the Ministries of Interior and Labor on 10 May and posted on the Saudi Press Agency www.spa.gov.sa in Arabic, which were approved by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, that provide for exemptions for expatriates to rectify their labor and residency status.

“On behalf of the Filipinos in the Kingdom, we thank the King and the Saudi authorities for the guidelines, and we vow to work closely with the community and the Saudi authorities to help our nationals rectify their labor and residency status within the grace period granted by the King,” said Ambassador Ezzedin Tago.

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Kuwait: Philippine Embassy & POLO create composite legal team

May 10, 2013   Patnubay Kuwait   No comments

Philippine Embassy & POLO create composite legal team
By: Michelle Fe Santiago
As posted in Arab Times

KUWAIT CITY, May 7: The Philippine Embassy together with the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) in Kuwait have formed a Composite Legal Team composed of embassy and POLO officials and case officers that will tackle OFW cases in a comprehensive and unified approach to ensure that all avenues are explored to attain the just resolution of cases of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), disclosed Philippine Charge d’ Affaires Atty Raul H. Dado to the Arab Times on Tuesday.

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Kuwait: Court Acquits Filipina Of ‘Attempted Murder’

May 09, 2013   Patnubay Kuwait   No comments

Court Acquits Filipina Of ‘Attempted Murder’
By: Michelle Fe Santiago
Arabtimesonline.com

KUWAIT CITY, May 6: The Kuwait Court of First Instance acquitted a Filipina Household Service Worker (HSW) who was charged with attempted murder by her Kuwaiti lady employer and has been released from the Kuwait Central Jail, disclosed Mar Hassan, the Assistance to Nationals Unit Officer at the Philippine Embassy on Monday to the Arab Times.

Maria Amor Corbilla, 34, married, a native of Pulangi, Albay in the Bicol region in the Philippines was turned over to the Philippine Embassy last weekend and is now staying temporarily at the Filipino Workers Resource Centre in Faiha while waiting for her repatriation to the Philippines.

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Event: Lawas Kan Pinabli (Forever Loved) screening at the UP Diliman Film Center

May 06, 2013   Patnubay Online   No comments

LAWAS KAN PINABLI

Lawas Kan Pinabli (Forever Loved) screening at the UP Film Center Cine Adarna, UP Diliman,QC on May 11, 2013 Saturday 1PM. Filmmaker will be present during the screening. Admission is free.

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New Hajj & Umrah Packages – 2013

May 06, 2013   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

Click the image to download the brochure

Ito ay bilang pagsuporta sa isang magandang proyekto ni Dr. Alexander Lucman, isa sa mga hinahangaan nating servant leaders.  Si Kaka Alex ay isang OFW advocate noon sa Saudi Arabia at saksi po  tayo sa maraming mga OFWs ang kanyang natulongan. Sa katunayan, isa po tayo sa mga natulongan nya.

Noong 2007, ay umuwi na ng Pilipinas si Kaka Alex pagkatapos ng 25 na taon na nagtrabaho sa Saudi Arabia. “Once a servant leader always a servant leader” ika nga, kaya patuloy pa ring nakatutok si Kaka Alex sa mga kaganapan at mga issues tungkol sa karapatan at kagalingan ng mga OFWs.

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ANAK NG CLIMATE CHANGE – Another Inday and Engineer Love Story

May 05, 2013   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

Image Source: socialdesigner.com

CLIMATE CHANGE – Hindi nyo ba naiintindihan na ang biglaang pabago-bago ng klima sa Saudi Arabia ang dahilan? “Alam nyo na sir,  sobrang init ng panahon na bigla na lang lalamig”. Kaya, nakumbinsi ang mga inday na tumakas na lang at sasama sa mga engineer.

May mga engineer din nakumbinsi ni inday at susuungin ang lahat ng hirap at delikado, aakyat ng bakod para iligtas si inday. May inday na napilayan dahil hindi nasalo ni engineer. May engineer na nakulong dahil nahuli at kinasuhan ng trespassing na nakahubad pa.

Pero dahil sa pag-ibig, maraming engineer at inday ang naging matagumpay na ipinaglaban ang kanilang pag-iibigan na dati ay sa cellphone lamang.

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Patnubay Leaks: Empleyado ng POLO Riyadh sa loob ng 19 taon, namatay, walang tulong mula sa gobyernong Pilipinas

May 03, 2013   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

From: Tasio Espiritu
Date: 2013/5/3
Subject: Empleyado ng POLO Riyadh sa loob ng 19 years, namatay, walang tulong mula sa gobyernong Pinas
To: Office of the President, Office of the Vice President, DOLE, POEA and OWWA
Cc: Patnubay Advocates and Partners

Isang local hire na nagtrabaro sa POLO-Riyadh sa loob ng 19 taon, ay namatay dalawang linggo na ang nakaraan. Ang nakakalungkot ay walang naitulong ang gobyernong Pilipinas..

Anim na taon na pong kami ay sumisigaw para sa katarungan at para sa karapatan ng mga local hire na nagtratrabaho sa mga POLO dahil sila ay pinagkaitan ng maraming karapatan na dapat sana ay meron sila.

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POEA cancels license of overcharging recruitment agency

May 02, 2013   Patnubay Manila   No comments

POEA cancels license of overcharging recruitment agency
News Release from poea.gov.ph
2 May 2013

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration recently cancelled the license of Lifeline International Philippines, Inc. for collecting excessive placement fee from an applicant for a job in Taiwan.

Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac said the applicant complained that Lifeline International asked him to pay PhP120,000 as placement fee. He was able to pay PhP50,000 but was not issued a receipt.

Cacdac said the amount required by the agency or the money actually paid by the applicant was way bigger than the prevailing wage of PhP27,000.00 in Taiwan. POEA rules limit the payment of placement fee to an amount equivalent to one month salary of the worker.

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Lumang Kaban 2010: Papano ang Pagpauwi sa mga nasa Tent sa Jeddah?

May 01, 2013   Patnubay Manila   No comments

First Posted in Patnubay.com on
01/23/2010

Team,  Sino ang makapagpaliwanag kung papano mapauwi itong mga ofws na nagkampo sa labas ng Jeddah Consulate?

Sa mga katulong na takas na walang anak, sa SSWA lang yan so madali yan makauwi.. dahil ang gagawin ng  SSWA ay ma-inform lang nila ang employer and if hindi makita within 45 days ay uwi na ang katulong na nasa kanila. Ang problema kung ang SSWA sa Jeddah ay katulad ba sa SSWA sa ibang lugar. Aware kasi ang Saudi Government na ang karamihan sa mga takas dyan sa Jeddah ay galing sa iba’t-ibang lugar ng Saudi Arabia.

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ADLAW SA PAMUO (Labor Day)

May 01, 2013   James Lobedica   No comments

Mao kini ang adlaw nga gitagana aron mahatagan ug pasidungog, pag-ila, pagyukbo ug pasibantog ang luha, singot, ug kusog sa mga mamumuo sa tibuok kalibotan.

Mga mamumuo, mabatan-on man o maedad-edaran, gihigtan sa usa ka mithi ug prinsipyo, gihugpong sa usa ka tinguha ug damgo’ng kab-otonon aron katamdan natong tanan.

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Lumang Kaban 2010: Distressed OFWs sa Jeddah – Explained

April 30, 2013   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

May kalumaan na pero magandang basahin ang post na ito para malaman natin kung may mga pagbabago ba sa panig ng ating gobyerno, sa gobyernong Saudi Arabia at sa hanay ng mga OFWs.

Distressed OFWs sa Jeddah – Explained
First Posted in Patnubay.com on 01/20/2010

When you talk about a distressed ofw in jeddah. Ang una mong maiisip ay yong mga distressed OFWs galing sa ibat-ibang parte ng Saudi Arabia.  Mga OFWs na naniwala na may backdoor, na may amnesty para sa kanila.

Anong uri ng mga distressed OFWs ba ang nandyan sa Jeddah ?

1. May naapi at naabuso (sa ibat-ibang parte ng Saudi Arabia) pero hindi pinaglaban ang karapatan or hindi alam kung papano ipaglaban ang karapatan. Mas napaniwala na ang tanging solution sa kanilang problema ay ang Jeddah thru amnesty (na noon pa ay wala

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OFW nasaksak ng ibang lahi sa ulo gamit ang susi ng kotse

April 28, 2013   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

Isang nagmamagandang loob na pinay nurse (Tess) ang tumawag sa ating kasamahan na si Ka Pat Mabanta, tungkol sa isang kababayan na naconfine sa kanilang hospital sa Riyadh.

Napag-alaman na noong 24 ng Abril 2013, si kabayan, 31 anyos na lalaki ay tinamaan ang ulo dahil sinaksak ng kanyang kasamahan sa trabaho na ibang lahi gamit ang susi ng kotse nito. Inoperahan si kabayan dahil nagkaroong pamumuong dugo sa kanyang ulo. Ngayon ay nasa ligtas na kalagayan na si kabayan subalit apektado ang kanyang pananalita.

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Patnubay’s opinion on the said CRACKDOWN sa Saudi Arabia

April 05, 2013   Tasio Espiritu   No comments

Patnubay’s opinion on the said CRACKDOWN sa Saudi Arabia

Team, maari nyong gamitin sa inyong mga statements ang mga nakasulat sa baba.. or maari nyong ishare ang lahat statement sa baba but please make proofreading muna sa grammar and typos… Pasensyahan nyo na po at minadali ito at wala na akong panahon para magreview nito dahil nasa biyahe po tayo habang ginagawa natin ito.. ito ay para may makukuha kayo ng mga impormasyon tungkol sa issue na ito..   - by Tas Espiritu

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Event in Milan: DIASPORA TO DIALOGUE CONFERENCE

April 02, 2013   Minda C. Teves   No comments

DIASPORA TO DIALOGUE CONFERENCE
By: Minda Teves

Last March 17, 2013 Acfil‘s representatives made their way to Teatro Sales, Via Copernico 9 – Milan to participate the D2D Conference . ―Connect, Listen and Act was the theme of the conference. There were 144 participants including the 6 speakers, 4 were government officials and 8 coming from Business Sectors.

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