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                    [ArticleID] => 944452
                    [Title] => Phl, Saudi sign new agreement on domestic helpers
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Filipino domestic helpers recruited to work in Saudi Arabia will no longer be required to pay placement fees under a new agreement between the Philippines and the kingdom.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 893480 [Title] => Saudi employers required to open bank accounts for Pinoy maids [Summary] =>

Employers in Saudi Arabia are now required to open bank accounts for newly hired Filipino household  workers.    

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 856208 [Title] => Phl, S. Arabia sign new bilateral accord to protect maids [Summary] =>

A new bilateral agreement was signed between the Philippines and Saudi Arabia to protect the rights and welfare of thousands of Filipino domestic helpers in that Middle East kingdom.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 853730 [Title] => Deployment ban on maids to Saudi lifted [Summary] =>

The Philippine government has finally lifted the ban and allowed the deployment of newly hired Filipino household service workers (HSWs) to Saudi Arabia.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 850189 [Title] => OFW deployment up in H1 - POEA [Summary] =>

Despite the prevailing economic crises in various countries, foreign employers still prefer the services of Filipino workers.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197480 [Title] => POEA to monitor new Saudi policy on maids [Summary] => The deployment of Filipino domestic helpers to Saudi Arabia is under tight watch amid the kingdom’s implementation of a new policy on the hiring of foreign maids.

Labor and Employment Undersecretary Manuel Imson said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) would closely monitor the new policy to protect the rights of Filipino domestic helpers.

"The new policy should not give additional burden to the Filipino maids and should be within the bounds of Philippine and Saudi laws, he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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