OFWS & Migration

Invest in the Philippines, Arroyo tells Filipino workers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan ? From Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to Overseas Filipino Investors (OFI).

This is the vision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for OFWs as she urged the Filipino community in this East Asian nation Friday to invest in real state, the stock market, government bonds and treasury bills, and other small and medium enterprises back home to help the government sustain the country?s economic growth
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Philippines warns against deployment of pregnant OFWs to Jordan

MANILA ? Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Jose P. del Rosario reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Embassy has issued an advisory against the deployment of pregnant OFWs to Jordan after the Embassy faced complications in repatriating these women after they give birth because of the strict rules of Jordan ? a conservative Muslim country ? against issuing birth documents if there is no proof of the marital status of the child’s parents.
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