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A BILL filed by Senator Manuel Villar Jr. will create a National Seafarers' Administration to protect the rights and welfare of Filipino seamen if passed.

Two Cabinet departments are under fire for their failure to get their act together on the issue of workers’ deployment ban covering 41 countries found wanting in protection for foreign manpower.

ABU DHABI // Filipinos are using the UAE as a jumping-off point to get to countries where they are banned from working, a recruitment expert claimed yesterday.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Nov 7 (PIA) -- To help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will be returning to the country after long years of services abroad, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) region 2 is offering seedling production as alternative sustainable livelihood to them.

The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry has revoked the operating licenses of 28 Indonesian migrant worker recruitment and placement agencies (PPTKIS) for a number of 'heavy violations'.

MANILA, Philippines - There is a growing number of Filipino workers (OFW) mistreated in the Middle East. However, several countries in that region were not included in the list of nations that OFWs are not supposed to go to.

MANILA, Philippines - Filipino fans of Koreanovelas may harbor fantasies of marrying their Korean Prince Charming someday, but the reality can be quite different from the happy endings they see on television.

Manila: Two government agencies involved in protecting Filipino migrant workers are being urged to coordinate their actions so they can better serve their mandate.