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16 recruiters face suspension over placement fees

By Mayen Jaymalin | March 22, 2013 - 12:00am

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

Metro

Deployment of household workers to HK starts to drop

By Sheila Crisostomo | March 10, 2013 - 12:00am

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...

Headlines

Pinoy maids’ bid for HK residency reaches highest court

By Carina Roncesvalles | March 2, 2013 - 12:00am

The bid of Filipino helpers for permanent residency rights has reached the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), the city’s highest court.

Headlines

Firefighting equipment maker opens new plant

December 9, 2010 - 12:00am

In response to its growing clientele and their need for more quality fire fighting products, Palmer-Asia has constructed a new building for manufacturing operations to be formally opened today.

Science and Environment

HK agencies threaten to stop hiring Pinoy workers

By Mayen Jaymalin | November 10, 2010 - 12:00am

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

Business

Tesda ready to train Hong Kong-based OFWs fired by employers

By Rainier Allan Ronda | August 27, 2010 - 12:00am

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...

Headlines

HK recruiters seek higher pay to lure back Pinay maids

By Mayen Jaymalin | December 1, 2007 - 12:00am

Headlines

GSIS threatens pullout of P39-B stock investments

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | July 22, 2004 - 12:00am

State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has threatened to withdraw its P39-billion worth of equity investments in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) and in all other listed companies, mostly...

Business

GSIS says its divestment in PSE depends on bourse approval

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | July 20, 2004 - 12:00am

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said it would pull out its investments in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) only when it has secured the approval of the local bourse. The state pension fund holds...

Business

Recruiters’ groups clash over ARB issue

October 6, 2002 - 12:00am

Two private organizations have locked horns over the deregulation of the manpower export industry and would likely take their dispute to the court for mandatory arbitration. The Philippine Overseas Entertainment...

Headlines