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Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said the government has allowed their deployment because their contracts were verified prior to the approval of the new policy.


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                    [Title] => Gov’t bans deployment of Pinoy drivers to Iraq
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo suspended yesterday the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who intend to work as drivers in Iraq.


The temporary ban was among the recommendations of a report submitted to the president by special envoy Roy Cimatu, head of the Presidential Middle East Preparedness Committee (PMEPC) and the Team Iraq task force.


While the latest Filipino casualty in the Iraq conflict was the victim of a mortar attack on a US military base, drivers are considered to be at greater risk than workers employed inside such facilities.


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"Our OFWs in Camp Victory in Baghdad are sound and safe. They are in high spirits," said Cimatu in a statement.


The former AFP chief of staff issued the statement after being briefed of a visit to the camp by officials of the Philippine embassy in Baghdad led by chargé d’affaires Ricardo Endaya.


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GMA extends life of Middle East Preparedness Committee

October 13, 2008 - 12:00am

President Arroyo has extended the life of the Presidential Middle East Preparedness Committee (PMEPC) owing to the continued ...

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GMA extends life of RP's MidEast Preparedness team

August 3, 2007 - 4:48pm

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has extended the life of the Presidential Middle East Preparedness Committee (PMEPC) to ensure the security and safety of Filipinos working in the Middle East in the wake of the...

Nation

DOLE allows deployment of 20,000 lowly paid maids

January 19, 2007 - 12:00am

Some 20,000 Filipino domestic helpers are set to be sent abroad even if their wages don’t meet the new government-prescribed minimum of $400 a month. Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz of the Philippine...

Headlines

Gov’t bans deployment of Pinoy drivers to Iraq

By Marichu A. Villanueva | May 16, 2004 - 12:00am

President Arroyo suspended yesterday the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who intend to work as drivers in Iraq. The temporary ban was among the recommendations of a report submitted to the president...

Headlines

RP envoy: Pinoys in Iraq safe

April 18, 2004 - 12:00am

KUWAIT —Special envoy Roy Cimatu, chairman of the Presidential Middle East Preparedness Committee (PMEPC), said yesterday that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iraq, particularly those at Camp Victory in...

Headlines