I stand corrected on this issue.
In the first instance, i was really for this bond — all because i am thinking about the DH in Middle East and how they are taken advantage in salaries.
After reading all the email exchanges, i was mortified to see the darker side of this memorandum.
This memo can actually affect me once i go back to the Philippines because by then, i will be covered by it. And it is 100% sure my present employer will not pay the f***ing bond and i will lose my job to other nationalities.
What is worse is that the government, with this memo, has shown how seemingly incompetent and useless it is. Look, the government has just abdicated its primordial role of protecting its citizens and helping them if they are in distress wherever they maybe found. By requiring employers to post repatriation bond, the government is actually saying it cannot pay for any emergency that will befall the OFW (death or repatriation). So the OFWs 10-centavos question is: “Where is the OWWA fund?” Is it not that the OWWA is an insurance already for the OFWs emergency?
We pay a lot to POEA and OWWA and the government complains they lost money in repatriating OFWs. There was even a report by POEA saying that OWWA funds were depleted in repatriating undocumentd OFWs in distressed. So what? We OFWs are not complaining. Whether legal or illegal, it is the bounden duty of the government to help every Filipinos overseas.
How many OFWs paid 200 USD for OEC every year that OWWA complains the OFW funds are depleted?
Of this late, all OFWs are wondering what kind of policy planners are there in POEA/DFA/OWWA when all of its decisions todate are soooo anti-OFWs. It seems to us that POEA alone has lost sight of its mandate that all it can think of is wash its hands and pass the burden and responsibility of repatriating OFWs to the employer. It makes us OFWs look ungrateful to our employers. As if it is not enough that we are preferred for the jobs and given decent salaries (compared to RP), and the government now wants to our employers to pay bond that can hire other 3 foreign nationals.
Sometimes you will think that maybe POEA hired some shady private labor employment agency to draft its policies. Maybe POEA came up with this memo in a FREE lunch in an Indian restaurant.
The President’s attempt to diffuse the violent reaction from this memo is of no help at all. Too bad.
The memo should be scrap outright.
Their is also an urgent need for a CHANGE in leadership at POEA and DOLE.
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Filipino workers here and abroad strongly oppose the Philippine government’s new policy on direct hiring and they demand its immediate scrapping, particularly the requirement on foreign employers to post a repatriation bond of $5,000 plus $3,000 performance bond in hiring an employee from the Philippines.
GMANews.TV has been swamped with e-mails from Filipinos protesting the new rule under Memorandum Circular No. 4 of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) that took effect on Jan. 15.
POEA is an agency under the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE).
Under the circular approved by the POEA board on Dec. 18, 2007, foreign employers who want to directly hire Filipino workers need to have their applications screened by the labor attaché or the Philippine embassy and approved by labor secretary.
“The new policy will cause propagation of red tape and corruption and will definitely necessitate additional expenses from the employers,” said Cesar S. Macuja Jr. who works in Gabon, West Africa.
Malony Bustillo from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates said: “Because of too much requirements under the new guidelines, foreign employers will look for other workers in a foreign country.”
“The new POEA rule on direct hiring would definitely stop me from hiring Filipino workers,” a Filipino-Canadian businesswoman from Toronto Canada said.
Readers’ feedback on the GMANews.TV story regarding the stringent policy revolve around possible problems the new policy could bring about, such as lost opportunities as employers would be discouraged from hiring Filipinos and reduced income because aspiring overseas Filipino workers would be forced to pass through agencies that collect exorbitant fees.
Marco of Doha, Qatar said, “kung direct hiring makakapag-demand ka ng maximum salary, kasi ikaw mismo ang nakikipag-deal sa employer (in direct hiring you can demand maximum salary because you deal directly with the employer).”
“Under the new policy, employers cannot give high salaries because they have to shoulder $8,000 worth of bonds. The tendency is employers would instead get workers from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and form other labor-sending countries,” he added.
“This policy should be thrown out or at least re-evaluated to only apply to those class of direct hires that usually have problems and will need those bonds and insurances. Others that don’t should be spared from this or make this optional for them,” an angry Victor Templonuevo said from Singapore.
“This is another way of enriching a deeper meaning of bribery and loss of job opportunity of fellow OFWs, just like (the policy on) acquiring an entertainer’s book, but ended up with lots of poor women entering Japan who cannot entertain professionally. It’s simply the pressure tactics that will eventually happen to this new hiring policy. Foreign employers will never give up to this type of pressures and they can easily look somewhere else,” said RTC, a Filipino worker in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
From Oslo, Norway, OFW George shared the view that the new policy would only serve as a tool for corrupt immigration agents at the airport to squeeze money from departing Filipino workers.
“Kung talagang gustong tulungan at i-confirm ng ating gobyerno ang mga employers ay pwedeng gawin ng embassy. O kaya ayusin ang mga tao sa immigration para ‘di natatarantado ang mga taong gustong magtrabaho at kumayod sa ibang bansa,” he suggested.
Jen Dela Cruz in Singapore said: “I just spoke with my HR recruitment friends and they told me they won’t hire Filipinos because of the very complicated process.”
She added, “You (government officials) are limiting our opportunities. And for us who will insist to work abroad because it’s limited in our country, will now be more prone in accepting a below average offers and treatment, because employers who will agree on this will want something ‘big’ in return.”
For Carlo Palma, also working in Singapore, the new policy is “basically killing two birds with one stone. Killing Filipinos who want to improve their lives by going abroad because his country cannot provide better jobs and killing the billions of dollars in remittance sent by OFW.”
Another Filipino in Singapore, Angelina Reyes, said: “How could the Philippine government implement a law that would cover all types of professionals/non-professionals? If the policy is intended to deter abuses against domestic workers, the law should be specialized for domestic workers.”
“POEA should think of ways to minimize illegal recruiters and abuses. But their ‘solutions’ or ‘protection’ measure would discourage employers to hire Filipinos,” she added.
Senate intervention
A group of OFWs have also started a signature drive for an online petition for the scrapping of the direct hiring rules under Memorandum Circular No. 4, saying it is “restrictive and (can be) easily abused.”
The petition has so far gathered 1, 995 signatures since its posting a week ago.
Another petition seeks the intervention of the senators through a thorough review of the POEA policy.
The petitioners said the new policy would discourage prospective foreign employers from hiring Filipinos. It would mean lost opportunities for thousands of Filipinos.
Some foreign companies would prefer direct hiring, especially those who need immediate deployment. “Employers do not want to engage in the tough and strict requirements stipulated in the POEA circular,” the petition said.
“We would like to request the Senate to engage all the authorities of the POEA, DOLE and the Philippine consulates, attaches and embassies around the world to be potent and resolute in performing their duties and responsibilities; and more involved in rendering their services, police functions and assistance in alleviating the hassles, hardships, abuses and misfortunes being experienced by some OFWs,” the letter contained.
“We hope that our requests be part of the ‘first order of the day’ when the Senate re-convenes (its regular session),” it added. – Luis Gorgonio, GMANews.TV
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READER’S FEEDBACK:
From: Renato V. Pepito in Dubai, UAE
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:04 PM
The POEA rules are not the serious ways that can benefit the OFWs. They make rules for the benefit of the corrupt individuals working in the said institution.
I’m was one of the blessed OFW who have an opportunities to work abroad through direct hiring in my own initiative to find Employer not the Government to do so… Sad to say I’m one of the victim of corruption before I depart giving the Immigration 5T pesos cash so that no more questions like others do.
Okey yung Rules na ginawa nila pag sila ang maghanap ng Employer and negotiate.
From: Gregorio Devaras (g_devaras@yahoo.co.uk) in Singapore
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:32 PM
This direct hiring rules will cause a great disadvantage to OFWs because direct hiring is the best solution to problems caused by these opportunistic recruitment agencies.
In the company I am working now here in Singapore, the company will be direct hiring 40 to 50 OFWs in the coming months. With these rules the company for sure back off from their plans.
The OFWs here will lose a great opportunity. I hope the POEA will scrap these rules as soon as possible.
From: Cherry in Singapore
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:10 PM
Dear Mr. Editor,
Nais ko lamang po sanang magbigay na opinyon na isa ring OFW dito sa Singapore.
Napakalaking usapin para sa aming nasa ibang bansa ang mga ganito.
Nakakapagtaka lamang po na parang hindi n’yo (ang media) nabibigyang boses ang mga kababayan natin nagpapakahirap sa ibang bansa.
Sa mga nakaraang balita, kung hindi po ako nagkakamali, isang beses lang po naipalabas sa TV ang issueng ito.
Sana lang ay sa mga ganitong pagkakataon maging boses namin kayo, mga bayani ang bansa “kuno.”
Maraming Salamat
From: Ronnah (hannor18@yahoo.com) in Tel Aviv, Israel
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:41 AM
Whew! New rules and regulation ah now they are looking for more ways to gain control and have more money to corrupt ..are they not satisfied that the OFWs are helping the economy of the Philippines.
What did the government even do for the past years? None, just sitting pretty and we are the one who is doing everything to feed our family.
And now they want to do THAT regulation. We are grateful that there is so called POEA but I think you’re already in the point of doing INJUSTICE.
I just only want to ask from …let see this in different aspect HOW MANY FROM ALL THE SURVEY (HOPEFULLY THEY ARE ACCURATE) OF THE DIRECT HIRING IS LET SAY NOT GOOD.?
AND HOW MANY FROM THE SURVEY OF THE DIRECT HIRING SAYS IT’S CHEAPER, FASTER AND EASIER AND SAFER?
From: Jun Medios in Cheongju, Korea
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:10 AM
Sa bagong policy ng POEA, maraming OFWs ang apektado, lalo na kaming nandito sa Korea.
Kung ako ang employer halimbawa bakit pa ako kukuha sa Pilipinas ng workers na gagastos pa ako ng malaki, nandyan ang China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka.
Sa dami ng kakumpetensya ng Pilipinas sa pagpapadala ng workers dito sa Korea para na rin nilang pinatigil ang pagpapadala dito sa Korea ng workers.
From: Cheska Ravenelle in Singapore
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:39 PM
Thank you very much for writing this article and giving OFWs the means to voice out their concerns and opinions!
Kailangan ring malaman ng mga kababayan natin ang mga hinaing ng mga OFWs.
From: Dennis (denex08@yahoo.com) in Singapore
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:01 PM
Please send this letter to the one who created the New POEA direct-hiring rules and to the President of the Philippines.
Let everybody know that Filipinos are disappointed with their new corruption strategy!
Thank you…
I am one of the thousands of Filipinos working in Singapore who wants to scrap and totally abolish the new policy of POEA direct hiring rules for the OFWs.
We all know that Philippine government is top in corruption and incapable to provide competent salary to professionals and non-professionals Filipino, that’s why most people move to other countries to find a job to get high salary.
One of the countries that provide a better compensation is Singapore, which is a place where most Filipino find it easy to stay and hunt a better job.
Like in other country Filipino are competing with local citizen which gives us a small chance to get a direct job in the industry, in this case here in Singapore employer seek their own race and permanent resident. That give us a small amount of chance to get the job, but still we are able to manage it. When a new policy from POEA came out, it provoke the Filipino citizen specially here in Singapore from 50% chance to get a direct job, now down to 0% chance to be employed bring about the new policy of POEA!
What will happen to our Filipino people if they won’t find a better job in other countries? Going back to the Philippines to work an underpaid salary and get starved is not the solution!
This is why Filipino people doesn’t cooperate as a one nation and abide the law with their own country because the government itself is corrupt and incompetent to implement the system that will lift Filipino from corruption and provide opportunity to have a better living.
From: Anonymous in Singapore
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:14 PM
I would like to request for this issue to be amplified to all national news and the media since this is really a matter of NATIONAL INTEREST.
Don’t let this crapola issue slip out.
POEA guidelines on direct hiring of OFWs draw flak
The Italian dream of many Filipinos may remain just that if a controversial circular of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) remains in effect.
POEA Memorandum Circular No. 4 or the Guidelines on the Direct Hiring of Filipino Workers states that foreign employers opting for direct hiring have to put up a repatriation bond of $5,000 and a performance bond equivalent to three months’ salary of the worker.
The memorandum, issued on Dec. 18, 2007, makes no distinction between new and current overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
An ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau report said the memorandum has turned off most Italian employers.
More than 2,000 Filipino workers in Milan had already signed a petition strongly opposing the POEA memorandum. They described the order as anti-worker and an additional burden to foreign employers and OFWs who are attempting to bring in their relatives to work in Italy.
The report said Italy is most affected by the provisions of the POEA memo since a large number of OFWs are working in the European country.
For Italian employer Susana Marchesin, Filipino domestic workers are one of the best in the world but with the implementation of the POEA memo she said she no longer plans to employ Filipinos in the future.
The Philippine Consulate in Milan scored the timing of the release of the POEA circular and said the provisions of the memo do not apply with the general condition of Filipino workers in Europe.
OFWs in Italy are not the only ones decrying the POEA memo circular.
“With the POEA MC-04, it will be our jobs that will be at stake. This rule is a grave threat to our employment,” said Dolores Balladares, chairwoman of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong.
Balladares predicted that Filipino workers who are renewing their contracts with the same employer or are transferring employers because of a finished or a pre-terminated contract stand to lose their employment under the new policy.
She said: “For an employer of a domestic helper in Hong Kong, this (bond) translates to almost HK$50,000. Practical and financial reasons alone will inhibit prospective employers from shelling out the amount.”
She said that in “the desperation of the (Philippine) government to increase its financial gains from the labor export industry” it has allegedly put the livelihood of OFWs in a vulnerable situation.
She called on the Philippine government to immediately scrap the “dangerous POEA MC-04.”
Meanwhile, OFWs in Singapore urged the Philippine Congress to review and repeal the circular, citing its negative effects on Filipino workers.
DoLE to chronicle OFW history, says Brion at Ople rites
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) will lead the chronicling of the oral history of contract migration and the country’s journey as a global source of migrant workers, Secretary Arturo Brion of the Department of Labor (DoLE) said yesterday after a commemorative mass for the late Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas F. Ople at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
It was the 81st birth anniversary of Secretary Ople, acknowledged Father of Overseas Employment.
“It’s about time that we have a real effort to chronicle through first-hand interviews how overseas employment came to be, the institutions and policymakers that contributed to its beginning, and who were the pioneers who broke the barriers as our first batch of migrant workers,” Brion said.
It was during the Ople years as labor secretary that overseas employment began as a program of the government, Brion said. “He was really a visionary leader,” he added.
Sen. Mar Roxas, former Senator Ernesto Herrera, DBP Chairwoman and former Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Marianito Roque, and other special guests also attended the commemorative mass together with Mrs. Susana V. Ople and the family and friends of the late secretary.
The Oral History of Philippine Overseas Employment will also trace the occupational, technological, social, political, and geographic movements in the country and throughout the world that helped shaped the OFW phenomenon.
“We need to look back to get a sense of where we are and how we can strengthen our institutions in order to cope with the demands of an increasing OFW population,” Brion added.
DoLE created a project team to conduct interviews and document information needed to fulfill the best standards of an authoritative oral history. The project team has already had meetings with labor experts and former labor officials.
Former Labor Undersecretary Susan Ople, youngest daughter of the late Ka Blas Ople, expressed full support for the oral history project. “We welcome this initiative because it is important to document the growth of overseas employment and its contributions to the country,” she said.
February 5, 2008 at 12:43 am
It’s about time that we have a real effort to chronicle through first-hand interviews how overseas employment came to be.
February 5, 2008 at 7:37 am
I’m a filipino-canadian here in alberta Canada and hired 6 filipino workers last year for my construction company. We have labor standards here in canada in place to protect foreign workers as well. an $8,000 bond for direct hire will serve very little or no purpose at all. since it is human resources canada that dictates how much salary must be given to foreign workers even before they come to Canada.
I am in the process of hiring 20 more filipinos since there is a labor shortage here in alberta. but when i heard of the new poea policy. i am thinking twice of getting employees from the philippines since it will cost me an additional $160,000 just to get them here on top of the airfare and accomodation that i have to shoulder and health coverage i give them once they come here. I was offered by another agency to get workers from mexico instead which is a lot easier less red tape and cheaper. I am a true filipino and graduated from the university of the Philippines before i moved here. but business wise with the new ruling it’s not a good business decision to hire 20 or more workers from the philippines if this circular is implemented. I understand other countries that abuse and short change filipino workers. but with all the protection they get here in canada and benefits i provide during their stay. it is just too much for me to deal with a goverment that promotes more delays and red tape in hiring filipinos. i’m only in my 2nd year of business and $160,000 will be a lot for a bond. and i think it’s just a way the goverment right now tends to get more money and exploit employers hiring filipinos… just do the math with more than 3 million migrant workers each ranging from 1 to 2 years contract before getting renewed. even if poea just ask for a $4,000 bond per worker that would already amount to $12 billion dollars every 1 to 2 years POEA will be holding. just the imagine the interest it gets a year and how difficult it is for employers who plan to hire 100 or more workers from the philippines to get assurance that their bond will be returned. i know another company here in alberta that got a LMO approval to hire 500 workers and the first batch of 100 filipinos came last september but with the new circular, i heard that company is now considering sri lanka or india to get the remainig 400 blank LMO .
It’s just sad to know that instead of the goverment trying to encourage foreign employers to hire filipino workers which in return sends a lot of $’s back to the philippines they are the first ones to exploit the situation by milking the employers either by making it hard for direct hire or putting a lot of red tape when they go to different agencies
February 7, 2008 at 4:01 pm
REACTIONS:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/mailbag/mailbag/view/20080206-117187/Those-New-POEA-rules-on-direct-hires
Those New POEA rules on direct hires
INQUIRER.net
Posted date: February 06, 2008
I hope someone from the government will check this memo from the POEA. Honestly, this will hinder the deployment of OFWs who searched for overseas employment on their own. Honestly, a US$5K bond will make the employer think twice before hiring a Filipino instead of other foreign nationals who do not have this policy. Also, what happens to the bond after the contract? Will this be returned back to the employer or will this be added as “fund” for the POEA?
It’s just a surprise that given the lack of employment opportunities in our country, we still have this new memo being implemented by the POEA and DOLE which will greatly affect all OFWs. Another case of ongoing burden for Pinoy OFWs who have sacrificed for the country and yet do not get the special care and attention OFWs truly deserve!
Mga Bagong Bayani so called by the government, when will the word play ever end?
Patrick Talag (ex OFW)
Novaliches, QC
The new POEA rules on OFW direct hires will mean losing prospective employers who want to hire Filipinos. The new rules having the prospective employer shell out a cash bond the equivalent of 3-months salary of the worker is ridiculous. No employer will shell out that money just to hire a Filipino.
The best advantage of being a direct-hire is you don’t have to shell out placement fees equivalent to one-month salary. Plus you get better benefits and salary much higher from the local agencies they offer. Why impede this benefit being enjoyed by the OFW? What’s wrong being direct-hired? The new rule of the POEA is wholly unjust to the OFW’S and the employers.
strongly urge Pres. Arroyo to scrap the new rules of POEA I am against direct-hires. OFW’S unite!
Kenneth Eleazar
Sakhalin Island, Russia
This is so stupid! Ang sabi ng gobyerno, ang mga OFW ang
bayani ng bayan dahil natutulungan nilang i-angat ang ekonomiya sa pamamagitan ng kanilang remittances. So bakit nila pinapahirapan ang mga OFW with this new circular?
Sa tingin ba ng government, ganun ka-in-demand ang mga Filipino workers that the employers will do anything, including post a USD5,000 bond, just to get them ? At kung hindi na i-hire ang mga OFW, may trabaho bang maibibigay ang hinayupak na gobyernong ito para sa mga OFW? Kung sino man ang nag-isip ng circular na ito, pwede bang isipin muna kung anong makabubuti sa mga taong directly affected (in this case, the OFWs) kesa sa mga sarili nyong kapakanan.
Grow up and do your job – serve the people and not yourselves!
Anthony Solano
Reston, VA 20190
Whoever initiated this circular is either stupid or most likely another corrupt government official under the pay of a recruitment agency.
I have been an OFW since 1987 and have moved from one job and country (to another) because my former bosses who recognize the quality of job I render. In addition, I was able to bring in other Filipino professionals to my job in a mining operation in Congo. Do you think my company will continue to hire additional Filipinos if it will be required to post a bond? They would rather hire a South African or an Indian engineer whose pay will almost be the same as a Filipino.
Plain stupid.
Noel Avenido
Angeles City, Pampanga
Ang trabaho ng DFA at DOLE ay mag-imbistiga
Para maiwasan ang mga tulad nito, dapat mga kilalang company lamang ang payagang kumuha ng manggagawang Pinoy. Maging Saudi Arabia o kahit saang bansa sa Middle East, puedeng mapahamak ang mga Pinoy. Dapat ang trabaho ng DFA at Dole ay mag-imbistiga kung may kakayahan ba ang bawat company na magbigay ng protection at kaukulang sahod.
Iwasan sana nila ang travel ban lalo na kung maganda ang reputasyon ng company at lalo na kung wala namang di magandang balita tungkol sa mga Pinoy na nauna nilang pinagkukuha.
Roland Corpuz
Celina homes 3, Bagumbong
February 8, 2008 at 11:38 am
POEA and DOLE……… please do service not business
I may say that for Filipino workers in Italy they are more secured on italian labor law than the Philippines….. They have all the benefits as well as what the italian nationals can get even a worker have or don’t have the working permit…Because the italian government were very much concern on lives of the immigrants… employers were paying taxes for their employee and they can give a 100 % free hospitalization….. is the POEA or DOLE can give that benefit to Filipino workers…. their killing and grabbing the chances of our poor nation to have the opportunity to succeed…. To all concerns please do what is best for the nation and not for your ownsake….
February 9, 2008 at 4:15 am
this is how stupid our pinoy politician! instead of helping or giving all ofw a government bonds,they implement this studiest law ever!..All OFW should boycott not to send money in the philippines for 1 year!
February 9, 2008 at 1:49 pm
POEA/DOLE found a new strategy to rob Filipinoes, working and opting to work abroad!
February 11, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Mga kababayan, ito ang bagong balita:
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3 countries exempted from hiring policy
By Mayen Jaymalin
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Giving in to the clamor from overseas Filipino workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has exempted three countries from the government’s new hiring policy.
Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) governing board approved in principle the exemption
of employers from Canada, Italy and Hong Kong from posting repatriation and performance bonds prior to hiring Filipino workers.
“The resolution providing the exemption will come out within the week and will be implemented immediately,” Brion told reporters.
Brion noted that the POEA board agreed to approve the exemption after the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLO) in Italy and Hong Kong presented
proof that there is no need to require employers to post repatriation and performance bonds.
“There is no need for foreign employers to post the bonds because protection mechanisms for Filipino workers there are already in place,” Brion pointed out.
Brion added that employers from Canada are also exempted because the Philippines and Canada already forged an agreement providing a protection
mechanism for Filipino workers there.
“But as a general rule, the policy stays because our policy is really private agencies are the ones to recruit workers for deployment abroad,” Brion said.
OFWs from various countries are demanding the lifting of the new policy, which they claimed discourages foreign employers from hiring Filipinos.
Brion came out with the policy on Jan. 15 which policy requires foreign employers directly hiring Filipino workers or those who secure employment abroad on their own to post a repatriation bond of $5,000 and performance bond of $3,000 per worker.
February 14, 2008 at 4:30 am
Kahit di ako OFW I agree with what you all have said. Instead sana na tulungan ang mga may balak na magtrabaho abroad na mabawasan ang gagastusin, lalo lang nag-iisip ang mga bwitreng ito kung papaano sila makakakurakot na naman. Lahat na lang kinurakot na nila, lahat ng pinagpapaguran ni Juan dela Cruz sila ang nakikinabang!
In my case, hirap na hirap na ako sa paghahanap ng pwede kong apply-an through direct hire…kahit gagastos ako basta may mapasukan lang.
email add…soniaopib@yahoo.com
Salamat po.
February 14, 2008 at 4:36 am
Pwede ba ako mag-apply Ms. Lou?
February 14, 2008 at 4:38 am
This is my only way para naman mapag-aral ko nang maayos ang daughter ko. Thanks.
February 14, 2008 at 9:47 am
so sonia, what is your job description?
February 15, 2008 at 4:40 am
At present I work as an administrative assistant in one of the government agencies here in manila. But aside from that, I could do household jobs, and I can be a babysitter or a nanny. I can also do dishwashing jobs in restaurants. Please help me. Thanks a lot and more power. God Bless!
February 26, 2008 at 5:03 am
pls naman po..ang tagal na namin naghahanap ng trabaho abroad wala pa rin po nagreresponse dun sa mga dati na namin naaplyan.. baka naman po matulungan nio kami.. pwde po kami magnanny or babysitter or kahit po dishwasher..kailangan po lang talaga namin.. salamat po…pls naman po mapagbigyan nio kami..sana po mag email kau,,.tnx po..
February 26, 2008 at 8:47 am
kayo po ba ay nag inquire na sa POEA? mas nakabubuti na meron kayong mga certification for caregiver or nanny. meron yata training sa POEA para domestic helper na work .
Anyway, i will post here any vacancies i can find na angkop sa inyo.
bisitahin nyo rin website ng POEA at http://www.poea.gov.ph para sa karagdagang impormasyon sa trabahong panglabas.
June 8, 2008 at 4:58 pm
SO you think MC No. 4 was scrapped?
Those going to Canada should read these articles, and should make direct action against its imlementation:
http://www.adoborepublic.net/
http://www.adoborepublic.net/questionable-live-in-caregiver-program-contract.html
July 12, 2008 at 1:47 pm
pwede po ba ko mag apply sa canda kahit walang experience @ kahit hnd high school graduate
July 12, 2008 at 1:52 pm
please nmn po tulungan nio naman po kaming mga hnd nakatapos dahil sobrang hirap na po ng buhay d2 sa pilipinas lahat po nag taasan na pero ang sweldo naman d2 hnd tumataas panu nmn po ang mga anak namin na gus2 namin pag aralin kung ung sweldo namin eh napupunta na lang sa pangkain please po tulungan nio naman po kami na makapag trabaho dahil ayaw ko po maranasan ng mga anak ko yung naranasan ko hirap na hirap na po kami sa buhay namin ngayun
July 27, 2008 at 2:04 am
PWEDE PO B MAG APPLY BLANG DOMESTIC HELPER S HONGKONG O S CANADA OARA PO MATULUNGAN KO ASAWA Q MAKAPAGTRABAHO KASE TLAGANG KULANG NA KULANG KINIKITA NYA SMIN DHIL DRIVER LANG SYA AT TATLO ANG AMING ANAK.SOBRANG MAHAL N LAHAT NG BILIHIN DITO S PINAS AT GUSTO KO PO MAPATAPOS SILA NG PAGAARAL.INAASAHAN KO PO ANG INYONG TULONG.
July 27, 2008 at 12:29 pm
pumunta po sa inyong munisipyo (Public employment office) at magtanong kung meron bang Fly-Now, Pay-Later na trabaho sa abroad.
Or mag inquire sa pinakmalapit na POEA office.
Mag ingat sa mga illegal recruiters.
January 11, 2009 at 6:03 am
hi, i have a friend in hongkong. They need helper and i was ask favor if i want to work with them. I said yes, and we already have agreed everything about my work there in HK. They look for an agency here in the phils wherein i submit all the necessary documents and the agency process my papers. It is my first time to apply for abroad and right now, im just waiting for my signed contract to be back here in the philippines and for the visa that was already submitted to the consulate. Can i call my self and the process of my application as a direct hire? or what? Am i affected by the newly approved policy of the POEA about MC 04? Please help…..tnx
January 11, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Hello Glo,
No, you are NOT direct-hire.
Direct-hire are those who did not go thru any employment agency but were processed by the hiring company directly.
On papers, you were engaged by the agency, and not by the prospective employer.
Just the same, you are supposed to go thru POEA.
Any doubts, you can email POEA.
Thanks.
February 4, 2009 at 8:02 am
hi po..at this moment, i keep on surfing sa net to look for a job.this past 2 weeks lang,may nag email sa akin bout aupair sa london.2matawag din ung employer to be hanggang sa gusto nya sa agency n nirefer nya ako makipag coordinate..gusto nila magpadala ng pera sa knila thru western union.un n nagpaconfirm sa akin na illegal un.
Im craving tlaga to find a job abroad,babysitter,factory worker or offc assistant..khit ano po.wag lang GRO or Prosti..sana nga po direct hire..pero nung nbasa ko po yung new policy,parang sobrang bigat din un sa knila..At bkit pag pera na pinag uusapan,madaling nakakapasa ang ganyang bill??? Pero pag sa kapakanan ng mahihirap,grabe sa tagal..nagkapalit palit n presidente,d p din inaaprove!!!
Isa pa po,pag dumaan ka ng agency,di lang triple bbyaran mo..dhil una, ung mga employer 4 abroad, nagbayad n yan sila sa agency pra sa mga employee na ippadala sa kanila…may nakita ka na bang agency na nagbigay ng resibo pag nagbayad k ng placement??
sa ganyang sistema,paano pa nakakatulong ang POEA sa mga OFW.?? D pa nakakaalis yung tao,sobrang baon n sa utang tapos bigla p mapapauwi???
Sana lang po,serbisyong makatao hindi makadami ng benta ng tao para kumita sa kanila…
February 4, 2009 at 8:15 am
hello po…Masasabi ko po na dapat lang sana hindi nagkaroon ng ganyang law for direct hiring!! yang mga bonds n yan..at 4 me,kaya ganyan sila para mag agency n lang ang mga aplikante na sobra din makasingil ng placement..Ng minsang makaatend sa seminar ng POEA,sinabi n ang placement ay dpat 1 month equivalent lang ng sweldo sa bansang pupuntahan..pero bakit ang mga agency.,sobrang laki ng placement fees!!!
Gusto ko po sanang makapagwork abroad n direct hiring..Nabasa ko po ung article ni mam lou..kung may job open po kau,sana po makaaply me..magtyatyaga po ako sa mga needs n papers n kailangan..im 32 y/o, single mom of 4 kids..i need a job 4 them..bka po my fren kau n need ng employee..sa parents ko po maiiwan ang mga bata..hope you could post back kung paano po kau macontact..I will look here from time 2 time.. this is my # 09261482004…
February 4, 2009 at 11:53 am
TO DEVINE & MARCIMAR:
This memo actually was evetually scrapped.
As for jobs, look for job placement news sa POEA. meron dyab mga work now, pay later.
as for Lou, here is his email. But please be intelligent para di maloko.
longnoseman@hotmail.com
if you are asked ot make payment for visa or other advance fees, beware, could be a scam… kugn dirct hire, dapat gastos lahat ng company.
kung placemnt agency, eh talagang may bayad. kahit na work now,pay later.
yun lang po.
mag ingat.
February 21, 2009 at 2:56 am
gud am poh, asked q lng poh sna qng pwde q mqha website ng qng saan pwede mkita list ng mga lumabas n papers fr. italy kc poh w8 q nlng mga papers q!
February 21, 2009 at 9:07 am
sori poh, d q poh alam. ask nyo n lang recruiter nyo. tnx.
March 15, 2009 at 12:36 pm
wow grabe pala neto~! i was searching on internet how to work in London coz that’s my dream since I was a kid, then napunta ako sa dito na link. Grabe pala noh but still im hoping… I’m just a 22 year old girl I’m a college grad and i am a graphic artist, my client is from portland and US. ok naman ang sweldo tamang-tama lang. b4 i work in a company but now im in freelance or home base graphic artist. i am not happy with my job anymore, some say swerte nga lang daw ako kasi my job ako, yung iba wala, yes its true but my heart is really in hospitality/tourism jobs like recpetionist or font liner in airport, reservation officer etc.I love to get tourism course before but unlucky me I took comscie coz walang tourism here s davao b4 at my time, kundi sa cebu lang which is ayaw ng mother ko na malayo ako sa kanila kasi 15 palang ako nun, so i respect my mother and took comsci kasi yun din gusto niya.. I’m applying online all those said jobs that i love para na ngang flyers ang CV ko pero ok lang. im still hoping paren coz im willling to be trained naman..
gusto ko na talagang mag work sa london pero hindi ko alam kung pano, i mean yes my knowledge ako how but i dont have money to process ayoko naman humingi sa parents ko kasi i know they’re facing financial probs din. kaya nag babakasakali ako online na makahanap ng employer hopefully kung meron. wala kasi akong kamag-anak sa london kung meron lang sana at kung may pera lang ako. swerte nlng yung mga frend ko na may nag sponsor sa kanila at nakakuha din sila ng student visa. at naka pag boyfriend ng english, ayoko muna kasi mag ka bf coz career muna..
My heart talaga is to work in london with tourism jobs especially yung frontlliner sa airport, i can assure that na har worker talaga ako… im still hoping until now, coz i wnt to help my parents too althu yes i am the youngest and may trabaho na din mga ate ko but i dont know gusto ko talagang makatulong sa parents ko and at the same time matupad yung dream ko na matagal na… hay sana you can help me.. and thanks po sa post nato. it really help a lot sobra… naging aware na ang mga pilipino…
GBU po
May 13, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Hello Everyone,
I WAS SHOCKED RECENTLY JOINED A WEBSITE FOR TRAVELERS..
I posted my cousins PICTURE from Pampanga, shes looking sweet and very asian natural filipina.
na shock daw ako,,, ang hinihintay kong emails ay para sa comments nila kung what are the most beautiful places all over the world,,
(ang reply)
THEY NEED NANNY!!!
lolsssssssssssss… (huh_).
anyways.. nakarun ako ng idea ng magtayo ng manpower for NANNY direct hiring sa EUROPE sosyal..
kasu dku alam magsimula…
AND BADLY NEED INFOS,, REQUIREMENST ETC..
CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME…
THANK YOU VERY MUCH………
topher_cunanan@yahoo.com
ciao
May 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm
go to DOLE, POEA first.
baka matulad ka kay Kenneth Duremdes.
September 18, 2009 at 4:24 am
elow poh, san q poh pwede mkita ung mga approved papers from italy, w8 q poh kc papers q,, tnx poh
September 18, 2009 at 8:51 am
ana, kung saan ka nag apply or nag file ng applications, doon ka mag follow-up siempre.
good luck..
September 18, 2009 at 4:26 am
nid q poh ng reply, tnx poh.
October 24, 2009 at 1:39 am
actuly poh s italy p poh mangga2ling papers q, wla poh b nklagay s poea qng cnu poh mga lumabas n ang nem s italia..
tnx poh
October 24, 2009 at 3:08 am
s italy p poh kc mangga2ling papers q, ask q poh sna qng meron pong list s poea yung mga lumabas ang nem ng papers s italy,,
tnx poh
October 24, 2009 at 9:18 am
kung direct hire ka, wala talaga sa poea. kung may kontrata ka, mag pa rehistro sa poea at ng mag kaalaman.
October 26, 2009 at 4:34 am
ok poh tnx, yup direct hire poh aq, mtagl poh cgro process ng papers s italy, nwei employer n poh qqha sken, ntnung q lng poh qng meron s poea ung list,tnx poh 4 info..