Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government,including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000,and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service,Ople was,in his final years,a vocal supporter for allowing a limited United States military presence in the Philippines,and for American initiatives in the War on Terror including the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is a term often used to refer to Filipino migrant workers,people with Filipino citizenship who reside in another country for a limited period of employment. The number of these workers was roughly 1.77 million between April and September 2020. Of these,female workers comprised a larger portion,making up 59.6 percent,or 1.06 million. However,this number declined to 405.62 thousand between 2019 and 2020.
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is the largest national trade union center in the Philippines. Founded in 1975 by labor leader Democrito Mendoza,TUCP is affiliated with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the International Trade Union Confederation.
Trade Union Congress Party is a party-list in the Philippines,set up by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines as its electoral wing. The party contested the 2004 legislative elections,mustering 201,396 votes nationwide (1.58%). The list failed to win any seat. The Supreme Court declared TUCP,as well as a few other party-list organizations,as winners in the 2007 legislative elections by virtue of the Philippine Constitution.
Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is a Filipina lawyer,civil servant,and labor arbiter. She served as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
The labor migration policy of the Philippine government allows and encourages emigration. The Department of Foreign Affairs,which is one of the government's arms of emigration,grants Filipinos passports that allow entry to foreign countries. In 1952,the Philippine government formed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) as the agency responsible for opening the benefits of the overseas employment program. In 1995,it enacted the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act in order to "institute the policies of overseas employment and establish a higher standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers and their families and overseas Filipinos in distress." In 2022,the Department of Migrant Workers was formed,incorporating the POEA with its functions and mandate becoming the backbone of the new executive department.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration was an agency of the government of the Philippines responsible for opening the benefits of the overseas employment program of the Philippines. It is the main government agency assigned to monitor and supervise overseas recruitment and manning agencies in the Philippines. The POEA's office is located at EDSA corner Ortigas Avenue,Mandaluyong,Philippines.
The Labor policy in the Philippines is specified mainly by the country's Labor Code of the Philippines and through other labor laws. They cover 38 million Filipinos who belong to the labor force and to some extent,as well as overseas workers. They aim to address Filipino workers’legal rights and their limitations with regard to the hiring process,working conditions,benefits,policymaking on labor within the company,activities,and relations with employees.
Philippines–South Sudan relations refers to the bilateral relationship between the Philippines and South Sudan. The Philippines recognized South Sudan as a sovereign state nearly a month after it declared its independence on 9 July 2011. The Philippine embassy in Nairobi has jurisdiction over South Sudan since March 2013. This was held previously by Philippine embassy in Cairo.
MariaSusana "Toots" Vasquez Ople was a Filipina politician and Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFW) rights advocate who served as the first Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers.
Kuwait–Philippines relations refers to the bilateral ties of Kuwait and the Philippines.
In early 2018,Kuwait and the Philippines were embroiled in a diplomatic crisis over the situation of Filipino migrant workers in the gulf country.
The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital and Diagnostic Center,or simply the OFW Hospital,is a specialty hospital in San Fernando,Pampanga,Philippines. It is meant to cater to Filipino migrant workers.
The Department of Migrant Workers is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the protection of the rights and promote the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and their families. The department was created under the Department of Migrant Workers Act that was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 30,2021. The functions and mandate of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns (OPAOC) will serve as the backbone of the department and absorbing the seven offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) namely the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs (OUMWA) of the DFA,Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO),International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB),National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) and the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) of the DOLE. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration will serve as its attached agency and the DMW secretary will serve as the concurrent chairperson of OWWA.
Abdullah Derupong Mama-o is a Filipino government official who served as the ad interim Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers under the Duterte administration.
Bongbong Marcos assumed office as the President of the Republic of the Philippines on June 30,2022,and his term is expected to end on June 30,2028. As the President,he has the authority to appoint members of his Cabinet,subject to the approval of the Commission on Appointments. Only the Vice President is exempted from a confirmation hearing to any cabinet position.
Jullebee Cabilis Ranara was an Overseas Filipino Worker who was found dead in the desert on January 21,2023,in Kuwait. She was reportedly raped,murdered,burnt and thrown in the desert. The death revived public discourse on the plight of Filipino migrant workers living in Kuwait.
An Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC),also known as an exit pass or an exit clearance,is an identity document for Filipino migrant workers or Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) departing from the Philippines.
The Embassy of the Philippines in Riyadh is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Established on December 23,1973,in Jeddah,the embassy is now located in the Diplomatic Quarter district in Riyadh.
