DOLE reassures Pinoys repatriated from Libya and Yemen of assistance

The Department of Labor and Employment on Saturday reassured overseas Filipino workers repatriated from strife-torn Libya and Yemen of financial and livelihood assistance so they can make ends meet for now.

DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the assurance holds even if some highly skilled and highly paid OFWs from Libya and Yemen may want to wait for the situation there to improve so they can return there.

A report on dzBB radio Saturday noon said a batch of Filipinos repatriated from Yemen arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport before noon.

"Yung gustong mag-avail ng livelihood, lalo na para sa kanilang pamilya rito, mayroon ding ganoong assistance... For those who want to be transferred in other areas sa ibang bansa, then mayroong employment facilitation assistance na ibibigay sa kanila," she said on government-run dzRB radio.

She also said a cash assistance of P10,000 for the repatriated OFWs from Yemen and Libya is being deliberated on.

Moreover, Baldoz said the repatriated Filipinos may avail of welfare, employment, legal and livelihood assistance upon their return.

"So sa airport pa lang sinasalo na sila ng (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration), lalo na kung walang pamilya na susundo sa kanila. Kung kailangan nilang mag-overnight, binibigyan sila ng lodging facility, pati transportation," she said.

Those with claims from employers can avail of legal assistance, she added.

Also, those who do not want to settle in the Philippines can get assistance in being re-deployed to other countries.

"Depende sa kanila kung ano ang desisyon nila. Kasi yung experience naman talaga namin, usually gusto nilang magpahinga rito, tapos hihintayin nila kung matapos na yung emergency, babalik sila doon. Kaya nga after 2011 marami na ngang nabalik din doon ulit e, ganoon ang kanilang nagiging desisyon," she said. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

POPCOM, gagamit ng ‘digital platforms’ para pagtibayin ang mga ugnayang pampamilya

Mas pinalalawig ng Komisyon sa Populasyon at Pagpapaunlad (POPCOM) ang adhikain nitong pagpapalaganap at pagpapabuti ng pakikipag-ugnayan ng mga nakakatandang Pilipino sa kanilang mga anak na nagdadalaga at nagbibinata. Nitong Setyembre 21, ang POPCOM ay nagsagawa ng isang “parent-teen talk webinar” gamit ang Zoom, kung saan ang isang “interactive program” ang nagbigay ng naaayon na kaalaman at kasanayan sa mga magulang, habang tumulong ito sa mga anak na teenager na maabot ang kanilang buong potensyal. Hinikayat din nito ang mga nanay at tatay na sumali sa malayang usapan, lalo na sa mga usapin ukol sa sex at sekswalidad, na nakikitang makakatulong upang bumaba ang mga bilang ng mga pagbubuntis sa hanay ng mga kabataan. Maaaring mapanood ang webinar sa https://youtu.be/lZ9jrJCjYas. Ayon kay Ikalawang Kalihim (Undersecretary) Juan Antonio A. Perez III, MD, MPH, “ang webinar ay naging isang tagapag-simula at ‘padaluyan’ ng pag-uu
Read more

In Cairo, senior Hamas officials discuss hostage deal with Egyptian intelligence chief ---By TOI STAFF, AGENCIES and LAZAR BERMAN

Delegation said led by terror group’s Qatar-based political leader Ismail Haniyeh; Wall Street Journal reports Hamas demanding 150 security prisoners for each female soldier A delegation of senior Hamas officials arrived in Cairo on Thursday for talks with Egyptian officials on a possible deal that would see the release of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza. The delegation was led by Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who lives in Qatar, and included senior members Mousa Abu Marzook and Khalil al-Hayya, the Qatar-based Al-Araby news outlet reported, citing an unnamed Egyptian source. The Hamas officials met with the head of Egyptian intelligence, Major General Abbas Kamel, to discuss the details of a hostage deal proposal that was presented to the Gaza terror group earlier this week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The outline of the deal was drawn up during a meeting in Paris last week in the presence of Israeli and US officials, as well as Qatari and Egyptian negotiators, a
Read more

Biden said set to make push for demilitarized Palestinian state as part of new doctrine ---By LAZAR BERMAN

New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, who’s close to the US administration, says emerging doctrine would include Saudi-Israeli normalization, 2-state solution, and campaign against Iran US President Joe Biden’s administration is homing in on a new doctrine involving an unprecedented push to immediately advance the creation of a demilitarized but viable Palestinian state, The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman reported on Thursday. The plan, Friedman wrote, “would involve some form of US recognition of a demilitarized Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that would come into being only once Palestinians had developed a set of defined, credible institutions and security capabilities to ensure that this state was viable and that it could never threaten Israel.” White House officials “have been consulting experts inside and outside the US government about different forms this recognition of Palestinian statehood might take,” revealed Friedman. What he termed the new “Biden Doctrin
Read more