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Changes to Passport Renewal Process at the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh this New Year

Philippine Embassy in Riyadh just announced that there will be changes in the passport renewal this 2023. The announcement took effect last Jan 3, 2023, the Consular Section of the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh will only receive regular passport renewal application through VFS Global both in Riyadh and in Al Khobar. Walk-ins are allowed adn no need for an appointment. Philippine Embassy in Riyadh will still provide the following services; Passport applications for newborns Issuance…

Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to create whitelists and blacklists of recruitment agencies

In conjunction with the resumption of deployment OFW in Saudi Arabia, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) will create a whitelists and blacklists of recruitment agencies. DMW Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said in a televised public briefing, that the Department would only allow whitelisted agencies to recruit overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to KSA. USec Cacdac also added “Yung nabanggit kong whitelisting at blacklisting ng mga recruitment agencies ay itinatalaga na namin para siguradong yung a-apply-an ng…

DFA welcomes the return of four abused Filipino nurses from Saudi Arabia, November 12th, 2022.

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced the safety return of four (4) abused Filipino Nurses from Saudi Arabia. The four nurses originally filed a labor complaint against their employer for maltreatment, verbal and physical abuse, and unpaid salaries. The employer retaliated by filing cases against them for theft and labor contract violations for which they were eventually detained, to which the 4 OFW lost the case then later detained. While in detention, DFA provided the…

OFW deployment in Saudi Arabia to start on November 7th 2022

Great news for our kababayan wanting to find jobs in Saudi Arabia, since the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) of the Republic of the Philippines and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have agreed to RESUME the deployment of Filipino workers to the Kingdom starting 7th November 2022. You can read the joint statement of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) of the Republic of the Philippines…

344 Distressed OFW repatriated from Saudi Arabia

More than 300 distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) arrived from Saudi Arabia. In a statement posted on the official Facebook page of Department of Migrant Workers (DMW); the repatriation was arranged by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), an attached agency of the DMW. They arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on board PR8657. Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said “The DMW, through OWWA, will be extending the needed assistance to all our…

Overseas Voting Registration is still ongoing in the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and VFS Riyadh and Al Khobar branches

The Facebook page of Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia just posted that Overseas Voting Registration is still ongoing in The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and VFS Riyadh and Al Khobar branches. The Overseas Voting Registration started last May 29th, 2021 and expect to continue until further notice. The Overseas Voting Registration is still ongoing in The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and VFS Riyadh and Al Khobar branches. For more information on the Overseas Voting Registration…

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Saudi Arabia recreates GMA’s 2007 Station ID in the desert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDp3uhI3LUE Mga OFW, gumawa ng sariling bersyon ng ‘di malilimutang Station ID ng GMA sa gitna ng disyerto ng Saudi. Courtesy: Raymond Lopez You can watch the original video here.

OFW: POLO releases the first issue of POLO News

From the official facebook page of Philippine Embassy POLO Riyadh and Central Region Office, announce the first issue of POLO News, a print and digital newsletter that features the latest POLO Projects, programs and services to support the OFW in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You can download the digital copy by going to https://qrgo.page.link/pRXM1 or by scanning the QR code below; MESSAGE FROM LABATT Nasser S. Mustafa for the pioneer issue of POLONEWS. In…

PhilHealth premiums for OFW is only voluntary for the duration of the pandemic

Even though it was reported that President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs, it appears that this only true during the COVID-19 pandemic but R.A. 11223 a.k.a. Universal Health Care Act of 2019 will still be enforced once the country is in the clear. PhilHealth did reiterates that the Universal Health Care Act of 2019 is “pending amendments of the Law, if any, by the Congress of the Republic…

President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs via ABS-CBN News

This is great news for OFWs. JUST IN: President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs, his spokesman Harry Roque says. | via @arianne_merez pic.twitter.com/RJXuTcQyYD — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) May 4, 2020 Roque: Inanunsyo na po ni Sec Duque ng DOH na sinususpinde po n'ya ang item sa IRR ng Universal Health Care na nagpapataw ng mas mataas na kontribusyon habang meron tayong problema sa #COVID19 | via @pia_gutierrez —…

Saudi Arabia extends curfew to 3:00 PM

Three days after imposing a curfew, Saudi government announced that the curfew will now extend to 3:00 Pm in the afternoon from the previous time of 7:00 PM. The new curfew time took effect today, March 26, 2020, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1,012. There were also reports that a curfew violators have been apprehended in the Eastern region of the country. The new curfew time will not affect the previously reported…