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[Title] => RP gets OIC-member countries’ support in observer status bid
[Summary] => Manila has received assurances from member-countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) that they continue to support the country’s observer status bid in the Muslim union.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said yesterday that several OIC members support the Philippines’ application for observer status, though the request has yet to be granted.
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[Title] => HK decides not to cut maids’ pay
[Summary] => The Hong Kong government bowed yesterday to pressure from the Philippines and Indonesia and announced it would not push through with its planned salary cut for foreign domestic helpers.
A spokesman for the special administrative region said the minimum monthly pay of HK$3,670 (US$470) would be retained subject to further review if economic conditions continued to deteriorate.
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[Title] => Solon slams labor chief over OFW hiring limits
[Summary] => Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel lashed out at Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas for "trivializing what appears to be a legitimate threat against our hundreds of thousands of overseas workers angling for employment in the Middle East."
Earlier, Sto. Tomas had belittled the enforcement of "localization" policies in some countries in the Middle East, saying that the Philippines has managed to continue deploying workers to the area even as these policies have been in place since 1982.
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[Title] => DOLE belittles hiring limits of OFWs in Middle East
[Summary] => The Department of Labor and Employment remained unperturbed by reports that five Arab countries are set to limit the hiring of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said several Arab nations have long been enforcing policies prioritizing the hiring of local workers and restricting the employment of foreign workers, including OFWs.
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GULF COORDINATING COUNCIL
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A spokesman for the special administrative region said the minimum monthly pay of HK$3,670 (US$470) would be retained subject to further review if economic conditions continued to deteriorate.
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Earlier, Sto. Tomas had belittled the enforcement of "localization" policies in some countries in the Middle East, saying that the Philippines has managed to continue deploying workers to the area even as these policies have been in place since 1982.
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