If you ask a Filipino domestic worker in Saudi Arabia about his or her rights, the answer you will get will either be a deep silence or a violent reaction. Well, how can we blame them? Out of the need for his family to survive in Philippines, Filipino domestic workers set aside hardships and inhumane treatments from their employers. Because of this, it’s either they will be stunned to silence or they will be forced to extreme anger.
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More job opportunities await Filipinos in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The KSA Ministry of Health (MoH) is in need of additional 1,600 healthcare workers. These recent job opportunities are different from the announcement of POEA last month regarding the need of KSA MoH for 1,000 nursing job vacancies.
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As an OFW working here in Kuwait, I have heard about Kuwaitization but it doesn’t bother me so much because first of all, the Kuwaitization program hasn’t extended to national degree and only involves some big companies. Secondly, I know for sure that Kuwait will not survive without the foreign expatriates including Filipinos. Leaving them on their own to sustain their economy will be a disaster.
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Although not yet publicly issued, OFWs particularly those travelling to Saudi Arabia should be advised regarding the new rule being imposed in KSA airports on carrying of electronic devices.
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New regulations were imposed by Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation or GACA regarding the prohibitions on carrying items in travelers’ hand luggage. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs or DFA, these new regulations are being imposed in compliance with international civil aviation safety conditions.
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As an expatriate, we will be interested on what absconding is and what effect does it have on expatriates who have fled or run away from their employers or authorities.
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The MINISTRY OF HEALTH in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is in urgent need of female nurses.
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According to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), the Saudi Ministry of Finance in Riyadh urgently needs male architects (3) and and electrical (3) and communications (3) engineers.
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