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The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Wednesday said the government will soon deploy skilled workers to Germany. advertisement According to JP Soriano’s report on “Balitanghali,” POEA said the Philippines and Germany have created a technical working group for skilled workers under the Triple Win Agreement. The Philippines has previously deployed nurses to Germany under the agreement. “Kaya ngayon, pa-pattern nila ‘yung ating framework for the deployment of nurses doon sa other skills nila (This is why they are going to do the same pattern for the framework of the deployment of nurses to other skills),” POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said. At present, the technical working group is studying the possible qualifications of skilled workers. As this is government to government, those interested may apply to POEA. “Nandyan na po lahat ng other skills like, for example, sa medical field, sa technological field, sa IT, sa accountancy, sa engineering, sa lahat pa ...

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News MANILA — Malacañang on Thursday expressed optimism that Filipinos can ditch anti-virus masks in some public areas by Christmas this year, as the COVID-19 vaccination drive ramps up. Molecular biologist Fr. Nicanor Austriaco Jr., OP, in a Palace briefing, said Metro Manila and 8 focus areas could achieve COVID-19 containment by October, and herd immunity in November. "Kaya po 'yan," said Palace spokesman Harry Roque. "Kaya nga po we are aiming for population protection, 'yong containment na sinasabi ni Fr. Austriaco, kasi alam na natin na sa mga bansang nakamit na nila 'yong containment, hindi na sila nagmamaskara, at least sa outdoors," he said in the same briefing. (That is achievable. We are aiming for population protection, or containment as Fr. Austriaco put it, because we know that countries which have achieved containment no longer mask up, at least outdoors.) Israel and parts of the US, among others, have...

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News (2nd UPDATE) A Kuwaiti criminal court handed Wednesday a death verdict by hanging to a Kuwaiti woman who tortured to death a Filipino domestic worker, Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende, due to jealousy. Her husband, on the other hand, was sentenced to four years imprisonment for covering up and not reporting the crime. Philippine embassy lead counsel, Atty. Sheikha Fawzia Al-Sabah, said the court’s ruling is fair and in compliance with the law and Sharia. "Alhamdullilah! We got justice for Jeanelyn," said Sheikha Fawzia, a Kuwaiti human rights lawyer. In a statement, the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait welcomed the decision of the Kuwaiti court, and thanked all the officials who helped in seeking justice for Villavende. "Newly accredited Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Mohd. Noordin Pendosina N. Lomondot wishes to sincerely thank Secretary Locsin and the DFA for all the assistance that was extended while the Embassy is fighting the case in cou...

ABS-CBN News MANILA - The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) on Saturday said government's decision to raise the cap on the deployment of health care workers is a welcome development. “It’s a good news for us kasi at least meron pa rin made-deploy (because at least more will be deployed),” said PNA president Melbert Reyes. On Friday, the inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said it raised the annual cap on the deployment of nurses and other health care workers who want to work abroad to 6,500. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration earlier this month suspended overseas deployment of newly-hired medical professionals after the 5,000 annual ceiling for new hires was breached on June 1. “But then kung titingnan nating 'yung 6,500, 5,000 po dyan ay OK na, tapos na po. Wala na po. So 1,500 na lang 'yan from June to December,” said Reyes. (But the 5,000 cap has been filled. So the 1,500 cap is from June to December.) Reyes said ...

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News MANILA— Nurses will fill most of the new slots for health care workers that will be allowed to be deployed abroad, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration announced Tuesday. The inter-agency task force on COVID-19 raised last week the annual cap on the deployment of nurses and other health care workers who want to work abroad to 6,500 from 5,000 POEA administrator Bernard Olalia said in a public briefing Tuesday that 99% of the 1,500 additional slots will go to nurses. He clarified that the 1,500 slots will be given to medical workers who have already secured employment contracts abroad and work visas. "Exempted naman po sa cap 'yung mga government-to-government deployment natin, at saka 'yung mga balik manggagawa natin. Ang tanging mabibilang sa cap 'yung mga natitirang agency hires at 'yung mga direct hires," Olalia said. (Government-to-government deployment and those under the balik-manggagawa is exempted from ...

ABS-CBN News MANILA - Some 120,000 registered nurses are unaccounted for in employment records in the country, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said Wednesday as it explained government's deployment cap on health care workers. There are nearly 602,000 nurses registered under the database of the human resources bureau of the Department of Health, according to POEA administrator Bernard Olalia. Some 183,000 nurses are employed in public or private health facilities in the country while 350,000 nurses are deployed abroad, he said. "We therefore have a gap of almost 120,000. This is exactly the reason why the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force Against COVID-19) imposed temporary suspension of the deployment of our nurses (last year)," he told ANC's Headstart. The country had prohibited the deployment of health care workers last year as the COVID-19 pandemic began to ensure sufficient medical professionals here. It has since resumed deployment but placed ...

Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE - A Singaporean woman who starved, assaulted and ultimately killed her domestic worker was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, with the judge describing the case as "among the worst types of culpable homicide." The affluent city-state is home to about 250,000 domestic workers who mostly come from poorer Asian countries, and stories of mistreatment are common. But the abuse inflicted on Myanmar national Piang Ngaih Don, 24, was particularly awful and captured on CCTV installed in the family's home. The domestic worker was stamped on, strangled, choked, battered with brooms and burnt with an iron, according to court documents. The domestic worker died in July 2016, after her employer, Gaiyathiri Murugayan, repeatedly assaulted her over several hours. Gaiyathiri, 41, pleaded guilty in February to 28 charges including culpable homicide. Another 87 charges were taken into account in sentencing. She appeared in court on Tuesday wearin...