At least 31 people have died 65 were reported missing and feared dead after a fire gutted a footwear factory in the Philippine capital Manila, officials say. About 200 to 300 people worked in the…
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The Indonesia’s attorney general announced that Mary Jane Veloso was spared after a woman who allegedly recruited her to act as a drug courier gave herself up to police in the Philippines on Tuesday. The…
POEA Memorandum Circular 09-2014 ‘Placement Fee Policy for New Zealand’ prohibits recruitment agencies from charging and collecting any recruitment and placement fees from workers recruited for New Zealand jobs. OFWs have complained about being charged…
Every February, 100 young Filipinos will be allowed annually to stay in New Zealand for up to 12 months. This year, the quota was already full. Further places will become available in February 2016. To…
The Philippines hosted APEC meetings for the first time in 1996. The most high-profile event, the APEC Leaders’ Meeting, was held in Subic Bay, Zambales in November of that year. After almost two decades, in…