Ople wants to ensure OFW safety before lifting Saudi Arabia deployment ban

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Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Bernard Olalia said Ople has ordered the agency to ensure easier and faster transactions for overseas Filipino workers.

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MANILA, Philippines — Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople wants to iron out guidelines on employment safety and resolve issues involving unpaid workers before deployment to Saudi Arabia is allowed again.

 

Ople said she tapped Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo to discuss how they can diplomatically go about the deployment issue. She said she wants to maintain “good ties” with the Kingdom.

 

“I really want to have bilateral talks but these would be focused on workers’ welfare and protection in general,” Ople said in a mix of English and Filipino during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay virtual forum on Wednesday.

 

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