DOLE clarified reports that the government has put on hold the deployment of OFWs to China as a result of the controversy brought by the national broadband network (NBN) deal.

“There is nothing to put on hold because there is no formal talk yet with China as far as the deployment of OFWs is concerned. We are still in the process of looking at the possibility of tapping China as a new market for OFWs, especially for teachers and other skilled workers. China is one of the emerging labor markets that will sustain deployment in the years to come,”
Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo Brion said.