Filipino domestic workers ask ‘Is Saudi ban already lifted?’
Vacationing overseas household service workers (HSWs) from Saudi Arabia and aspiring HSWs are asking if the Saudi ban on the deployment of Filipino HSWs had already been lifted, according to Filipino migrants’ rights group in the Middle East.
Migrante-Middle East (M-ME) regional coordinator John Leonard Monterona said they’re receiving queries from vacationing and aspiring HSWs if the ban on deployment of HSWs to Saudi Arabia had already been lifted.
“There is a confusion because according to the vacationing HSWs and applicants, their recruitment agencies were saying the ban had been lifted, but the POEA is saying otherwise,” Monterona citing the HSWs who have inquired with him through email and Facebook.
Margie R., who has a pending application as HSW, told Monterona that per the recruitment agency where she is applying, the ban was already lifted. “When we went to POEA and asked its officials, we got different replies, thus we were confused”, said Margie.
Another OFW, Linda S., who have been working as HSW for four years in Saudi Arabia told Monterona that she could not come home though her employer had allowed going and celebrating the Yuletide season with her family and relatives in the Philippines.
“Dapat daw may bagong contract ako na nagsasabi ng US$400 ang sweldo ko na pirmado ko, nang employer, at ng local recruitment agency sa Pilipinas at counter-part foreign recruitment agency nito (It’s required to have a new contract stipulating that a US$400 salary signed by me, my employer, and a local recruitment agency and its foreign recruitment agency)”, Linda said on her email to M-ME’s Monterona.
On September 24, 2012 during the celebration of Saudi’s National Day, Saudi’s Ambassador to the Philippines announced that the Saudi and Philippine governments had already reached an agreement to resume the deployment of household service workers (HSWs) to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi’s ban on the deployment of Filipino HSWs was imposed last year after Saudi govt. received complaints from Saudi employers of the additional requirements such as the imposition of US$400 monthly salary, full address and sketch of a prospective employer, among others, by the PH govt. through its labor offices approving job orders for HSWs.
On October 4, 2012, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) issued Memorandum Circular No. 08, Series of 2012 outlining the ‘New Guidelines on the POLO accreditation and POEA Regulation of Saudi Recruitment Agencies (SRA) Hiring Filipino HSWs Bound for Saudi Arabia’.
POEA also announced that all HSWs, vacationing and those who are awaiting deployment, will be covered by a ‘New Standard Employment Contract (SEC).
“We came to know that the processing of SEC had been suspended by the POEA, and due to this suspension, POLO offices in Saudi Arabia refused to process the Balik-Mangagawa clearances or OECs of vacationing HSWs,” Monterona said.
Citing POEA records, Monterona said there were at least 12,000 Filipino HSWs deployed in 2010.
“There are at least 12,000 HSWs who want to come home after completion of their contract; but there could be more maybe around 30,000 OFWs in Saudi Arabia who can’t come home because of the suspension of the HSWs standard employment contract by the POEA,” Monterona averred.
“The PH govt. as a labor exporting country that rely heavily on OFWs remittances, through the DoLE and POEA, is really pressing for the lifting of the Saudi ban on HSWs while hypocritically announcing to the public that in 5-year time it will stop sending HSWs is at a dilemma amid the numerous cases of abuses and labor rights violations,” Monterona noted adding that the PH govt. should intensify its efforts to engage OFW-receiving governments to adhere on international labor standards and sign or ratify international instruments by passing laws and social legislations that recognizes migrant rights and welfare.
Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator
Mobile No. 00966 543547736
Source:
Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex
HerbAnomic’s Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex is a revolutionary New Humic and Fulvic Acid Complex designed to support your body at the cellular level. Our product has been thoroughly tested by an ISO/IEC Certified Lab for toxins and Heavy metals as well as for trace mineral content. We KNOW we have NO lead, arsenic, mercury, aluminum etc. in our Formula. This Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral complex has high trace levels of naturally occurring Humic and Fulvic Acids as well as high trace levels of Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Molybdenum, Potassium and more. There is a wide range of up to 70 trace minerals which occur naturally in our Complex at varying levels. We Choose to list the 8 substances which occur in higher trace levels on our supplement panel. We don’t claim a high number of minerals as other Humic and Fulvic Supplements do and leave you to guess which elements you’ll be getting.
Order Your Humic Fulvic for Your Family by Clicking on this Link , or the Banner Below.
Our Formula is an exceptional value compared to other Humic Fulvic Minerals because...
It’s OXYGENATED
It Always Tests at 9.5+ pH
Preservative and Chemical Free
Allergen Free
Comes From a Pure, Unpolluted, Organic Source
Is an Excellent Source for Trace Minerals
Is From Whole, Prehisoric Plant Based Origin Material With Ionic Minerals and Constituents
Highly Conductive/Full of Extra Electrons
Is a Full Spectrum Complex
Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex has Minerals, Amino Acids, Poly Electrolytes, Phytochemicals, Polyphenols, Bioflavonoids and Trace Vitamins included with the Humic and Fulvic Acid. Our Source material is high in these constituents, where other manufacturers use inferior materials.
Try Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex today. Order Yours Today by Following This Link.
