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                    [Title] => Fewer Pinoy maids hired in Qatar – DOLE
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Fewer Filipino household service workers (HSWs) are being hired in Qatar.

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Who says only aspiring beauty queens need training on social graces?

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At least 16 recruitment agencies deploying workers to Hong Kong may be suspended for collecting excessive placement fees, a group said yesterday.

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The Society of Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines (SHARP) said yesterday that the moratorium it imposed on the deployment of household service workers (HSWs) to the former British colony is now gaining momentum.

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 “Meat Traders Air Gripe” — Headline.

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HONG KONG – Employers here are protesting the new compulsory insurance requirement for overseas Filipino workers stipulated in the amended Migrant Workers Act of 1995, saying this constitutes double insurance which would overburden them and lead to job loss.       

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After the Manila hostage fiasco, Filipinos aspiring to work in Hong Kong face a new crisis.

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Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general Joel Villanueva said they are ready to give free skills training to Hong Kong-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who would be fired by their employers upset over last Monday’s hostage crisis in Rizal Park.

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At least 1,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) picketed the DOLE office in Intramuros to protest the new government policy.

They complained that some foreign maids accept salaries as low as $150 a month and nobody will hire Filipino domestics for a salary of $400.
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Who says only aspiring beauty queens need training on social graces?

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At least 16 recruitment agencies deploying workers to Hong Kong may be suspended for collecting excessive placement fees, a group said yesterday.

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The Society of Hong Kong Accredited Recruiters of the Philippines (SHARP) said yesterday that the moratorium it imposed on the deployment of household service workers (HSWs) to the former British colony is now gaining momentum.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 672576 [Title] => RATS in the Customs [Summary] =>

 “Meat Traders Air Gripe” — Headline.

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HONG KONG – Employers here are protesting the new compulsory insurance requirement for overseas Filipino workers stipulated in the amended Migrant Workers Act of 1995, saying this constitutes double insurance which would overburden them and lead to job loss.       

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212384 [AuthorName] => Carina Roncesvalles [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 628263 [Title] => HK agencies threaten to stop hiring Pinoy workers [Summary] =>

After the Manila hostage fiasco, Filipinos aspiring to work in Hong Kong face a new crisis.

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Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general Joel Villanueva said they are ready to give free skills training to Hong Kong-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who would be fired by their employers upset over last Monday’s hostage crisis in Rizal Park.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 30732 [Title] => HK recruiters seek higher pay to lure back Pinay maids [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 380258 [Title] => Maids urge DOLE to stop salary hike [Summary] => Filipino housemaids working abroad have appealed to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to stop the implementation of the Malacañang order requiring their employers to pay them a minimum of $400 a month.

At least 1,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) picketed the DOLE office in Intramuros to protest the new government policy.

They complained that some foreign maids accept salaries as low as $150 a month and nobody will hire Filipino domestics for a salary of $400.
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