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abtest

Coronavirus barriers break rise of foreign workers in Philippines

By Xave Gregorio | March 25, 2021 - 12:49pm

A big majority of alien employment permits needed to apply for work visas were issued to Chinese nationals.

Business

Senate probes influx of illegal foreign workers

By Paolo Romero | November 27, 2018 - 12:00am

Senators yesterday pressed authorities to crack down on hundreds of thousands of illegal foreign workers in the country as...

Headlines

Unahin ang mga Pilipino sa mga lokal na trabaho

By Sen. Loi Ejercito Estrada | September 18, 2015 - 10:00am

IGINIIT ni Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada na dapat i-prio­ritize ang mga Pilipino kaysa sa mga dayuhan sa mga available na trabaho sa bansa.

PSN Opinyon

For working sans permit: Sixty Japanese fall in NBI raid

September 11, 2015 - 10:00am

More than 60 Japanese nationals allegedly working illegally in a call center at the Cebu IT Park were arrested by the National...

Cebu News

Probe on illegal foreign workers sought

March 26, 2014 - 11:40am

A lawmaker proposed a congressional inquiry on the illegal entry of foreign workers in the country, arguing that it deprives...

Headlines

Number of Koreans, other foreigners working in RP surging

By Mayen Jaymalin | October 19, 2010 - 12:00am

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday reported a surge in the number of Koreans and other foreigner coming to work in the country in the past few years.

Headlines

Next target: Foreign coaches

By Bill Velasco | February 24, 2003 - 12:00am

The on-going (and seemingly interminable) hearings of the Senate Committee on Games, Amusements and Sports have turned up a new wrinkle: the loose procedure in giving Alien Employment Permits (AEP’s) to foreign...

Sports

Barbers shop talk, Osmeña makes sense

By Bill Velasco | February 22, 2003 - 12:00am

The Senate Committee on Youth and Sports is hellbent on weeding out the fake Filipino-Americans playing in the PBA. Chairman Sen. Robert Barbers has actually sent his own people all over the country to gather evidence...

Sports