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		<title>GCC secretariat to keep medical data of all Gulf recruits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RIYADH: Prospective Gulf workers&#8217; medical reports issued from 11 manpower exporting countries will be electronically linked to the GCC health ministers&#8217; secretariat and to countries in the region. It is mandatory for all workers who come for employment in the &#8230; <a href="http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/gcc-secretariat-to-keep-medical-data-of-all-gulf-recruits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4460909&amp;post=5591&amp;subd=ofwempowerment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Ministry of Labor &#8220;General Rules for Transferring workers under Nitaqat&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMPORTANT NOTE: Big Thanks to Engr. Jules Erich D. Algabre for providing us this very important information. &#8220;Isa kang tunay na kahanay ng mga Mangagawang Pinoy sa Kaharian.&#8221; If you want to have a copy of the above guidelines, please &#8230; <a href="http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/saudi-ministry-of-labor-general-rules-for-transferring-workers-under-nitaqat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4460909&amp;post=5572&amp;subd=ofwempowerment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting house workers’ rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia should enact a house worker law to set the rights and obligations of the house workers as well as their employers, and such law will assist both parties to know their rights and obligations. The law should set, &#8230; <a href="http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/protecting-house-workers-rights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4460909&amp;post=5567&amp;subd=ofwempowerment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ABB Employees donates to typhoon Sendong Victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: In response to the call of the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh urging Filipino Community to extend help to the victims of typhoon Washi (Sendong) which hit the Philippines on 16 December 2011, once again employees of Asea &#8230; <a href="http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/abb-employees-donates-to-typhoon-sendong-victims/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4460909&amp;post=5547&amp;subd=ofwempowerment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guidelines on Departure Formalities for International-Bound Passengers in All Airports and Seaports in the Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : Press Release No. 2012-011 (19 January 2012) Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) implements  “Guidelines on Departure Formalities for International-Bound Passengers in All Airports and Seaports in the Country” The Embassy informs &#8230; <a href="http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/guidelines-on-departure-formalities-for-international-bound-passengers-in-all-airports-and-seaports-in-the-country/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4460909&amp;post=5528&amp;subd=ofwempowerment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extension of the Amnesty Period for Overstayers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advisory No. 2012-006 (10 January 2012) Extension of the Amnesty Period for Overstayers of Hajj, Umrah and Visit Visa Until 9 March 2012 The Embassy of the Philippines in Riyadh informs all Filipinos in the Kingdom that the amnesty period for &#8230; <a href="http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/extension-of-the-amnesty-period-for-overstayers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4460909&amp;post=5498&amp;subd=ofwempowerment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PhilEmb and OKOR commemorate 115th Anniversary of  Martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, together with the Riyadh Chapter of the Order of the Knights of Rizal (OKOR), ended 2011 with a commemoration of the 115th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippine National Hero. In &#8230; <a href="http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/philemb-and-okor-commemorate-115th-anniversary-of-martyrdom-of-dr-jose-rizal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ofwempowerment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4460909&amp;post=5482&amp;subd=ofwempowerment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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