A recruitment consultant predicts a continued decline in the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East in 2019, following the full implementation of ‘Saudization’ as well as lower crude oil prices in the market. Deployment bans are already affecting many areas. Though bans in places like Kuwait […]
A lot of domestic helpers and other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have encountered problems at their work place in many countries in the Middle East. We often hear news or find social media posts about OFWs getting maltreated in these countries. But Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte praised Israel in his […]
According to data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), of the over 2.1 million Filipinos leaving the Philippines to work in other countries, around half are bound for the Middle East. Sadly, many of them face maltreatment and various forms of abuses. Worse, many have taken their own lives […]