Oman lifting ban on Pinoy workers

Ambassador Amable R. Aguiluz V, President Arroyo’s special envoy to the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), left recently for Muscat, Oman to witness the formal lifting of the Omani government’s ban on the hiring of additional Filipino workers by the sultanate.

Mrs. Arroyo gave the mission to Aguiluz during the graduation ceremonies of AMA Education System at the Araneta Coliseum where she was commencement speaker and guest of honor.

"With the formal lifting of the ban, the Omani government can ensure the continued employment of our Filipino nationals seeking employment in the sultanate," Aguiluz said.

Currently, there are 26,000 Filipinos working in Oman.

Aguiluz is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said in Muscat to take up the intensified bilateral relations between the Philippines and Oman.

At present, Charge d’ Affaires Giovanni Palec represents the Philippines while Ambassador Sheikh Gazi Said Albahar Al-Rawas is the non-resident Omani ambassador to the Philippines but based in Malaysia.