Pres. Duterte, Minamadali na ang Pagtatag ng OFW Department

MANILA — MULING ipinanawagan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Kongreso na madaliin na ang pagpasa ng panukalang batas na magtatatag ng Department of Overseas Filipino Workers o OFW.

Ayon sa pangulo, isa ito sa kanyang mga proposal noong panahon ng kampanya.

“I’d like to hurry up Congress on this one of my proposals during the campaign period was the creation of Overseas Filipino department,” pahayag ni Duterte.

Si Senator Bong Go ang naghain ng nasabing proposal sa Senado sa pamamagitan ng kanyang Senate Bill 202na may layuning magkaroon ng isang departamento para sa mga OFWs.

Ngunit ang nasabing panukala ay nananatiling pending sa Senate Labor Committee mula noong inihain ito noong Hulyo 2019 sa kabila ng mabilis na pag-aproba ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso.

Basahin: Pres. Duterte: Mga anak ng mga OFW na nasa kolehiyo, makakatanggap ng tig-P30,000

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Paliwanag naman ni Senate President Vicente Sotto III, naantala sa Senado ang panukalang batas dahil na rin sa mga isyung hindi pa napag-usapan. Ang nasabing mga isyu umano ay may kaugnayan sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at mga attached agencies nitong Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) at Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

Layunin din ng Senate Bill 202 na buwagin na ang POEA at OWWA kasama na ang tatlong iba pang ahensiya.

Ayon pa kay Sotto, malaking ahensiya ang planong itatag na Department of OFWs na siyang hahawak sa lahat na mga aktibidad ng mga OFWs. Dahil dito, hindi umano problema ang pag-absorb sa mga empleyado mula sa mga bubuwaging ahensiya.

“The bill’s advance at the upper chamber has been hampered by "issues (that) are yet to be settled. We are looking at the right-sizing bill in the Senate that needs to be finalized,” pahayag ni Sotto.

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Sa kabila nito, hinihiling ni Duterte na madalin na ang pagpasa ng nasabing panukalang batas. Maliban sa OFW Department, sinabi din ng pangulo na nais din nito ng hiwalay na tanggapan na hahawak naman sa mga aktibidad ng mga seaman dahil umano sa napakaraming international laws.

Pangako ng pangulo sa mga migrant workers: “There will be a more thorough review on policy for your protection and that somebody should look after you.” 

Samantala, umaasa naman si DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III na hindi mabubuwag ang dalawang attached agencies ng ahensiya na nakatutuk sa mga OFWs sakaling maitatag na ang Department of OFWs.

“What I would like to happen is that agencies such as POEA and OWWA  will not be abolished. Let them be included in the department of OFW as attached agencies,” ang naging pahayag ni Bello.

Pinasiguro naman ni Bello na suportado nito ang planong pagtatag ng OFW Department.

“We support that. The President is right when he said that there should be a department that will solely look after the needs, welfare, and protection of our OFWs. A department that is fully dedicated to OFWs,” dagdag pa nito.

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Cruise Ship Company To Hire Hundreds of Filipino Workers This Year

More than 400 Filipino workers can be hired this year by a cruise ship firm this 2018. This is an offer from the world's largest travel leisure company Carnival Corporation. It said hundreds of Filipino seafarers will be needed for its premium cruise company — Holand America Lines (HAL).

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According to HAL President Orlando Ashford, the new cruise ship will be launch this year and it will be dubbed as Nieuw Statendam. For the operation of the said cruise ship, they will be needing more than 400 Filipino seafarers.

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Ashford said that the new cruise ship, which will be the largest in their fleet, will be able to accommodate 2,666 guests. At a ratio of 1 employee for 2 guests, they would need around 1,300 staff and 34 percent of those would be Filipinos, he said. 

Ashford added that HAL has two schools training potential hires in the Philippines. The schools are located in Antipolo and Intramuros:

Applicants are trained for the following;

• food service
• culinary work
• front office work
• refrigeration
• plumbing
• other skills needed on a ship

He said he spent several days in the country talking to HAL's teachers, students, and partners about the company's expansion. One of HAL's concerns, he said, was about attracting enough talented people to work for the company as it grows. 

Ashford added that in spite of the decreasing opportunities for Filipino seafarers due to competition from other counties, he does not see his company reducing the number of Filipinos they will be hiring for their cruise ship jobs.

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Infographics from POEA, Verification of OEC

Click the image for a larger picture. 

VALIDATION OF EXIT CLEARANCE AT NAIA TERMINAL 1

Guide for OFWs and Seafarers

Departure Area, Third Floor

1. Submit your OEC or E-Receipt for validation at the POEA-LAC., OFW Lounge. 

{Separate counters for seafarers and land-based workers.}

2. Check-in at your airline counter (including your luggage).

3. Get terminal fee exemption from the OFW counter

4. Proceed to the Bureau of Immigration counters

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VALIDATION OF EXIT CLEARANCE AT NAIA TERMINAL 2

Guide for OFWs and Seafarers

Departure Area, Second Floor

1. Submit your OEC or E-Receipt for validation at the POEA Labor Assistance Counter. 

2. Check-in at your airline counter (including your luggage).

3. Get terminal fee exemption from the OFW counter 

4. Proceed to the Bureau of Immigration counters

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VALIDATION OF EXIT CLEARANCE AT NAIA TERMINAL 3

Guide for OFWs and Seafarers

Departure Area

Second Floor

1. Submit your OEC or E-Receipt for validation at the POEA Labor Assistance Counter. 

2. Check-in at your airline counter (including your luggage).

3. Get terminal fee exemption from the OFW counter 

4. Proceed to the Bureau of Immigration counters

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GUIDELINES ON THE SPECIAL VALIDATION

OF EXIT CLEARANCE OF SEAFARERS

1. Deploying manning agencies shall provide the Labor

Assistance Center a list of names, OEC/E-receipt serial

numbers and departure dates of their seafarers.

lac_poea@yahoo.com; lac_poea@gmail.com

NAIA Terminal 1: 877-1109 loc. 3703

LAC mobile number: 0917-5540390

2. A team or group leader of departing seafarers shall

present the above-cited list and the OEC/E-receipts

issued to workers for cross checking purposes by the

LAC evaluators.

3. For manning agencies with two or more seafarers in

their crew list, only a team or group leader shall be

required to proceed to the LAC counter for validation of

the seafarers’ exit clearances. The other seafarers in a

group are not required anymore to be present or to stay

inside the LAC counter to avoid long queuing and

unnecessary congestion.

4. All manning agencies shall advise their seafarers to

proceed to the OFW lounge for validation of their exit

clearances at the LAC counters at NAIA Terminals 1, 2

and 3 at least three to four (3-4) hours before the

appointed time of departure

Download here for source: POEA

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