President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appoints Jennifer Manalili as the new administrator for the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Manalili will replace former POEA chief, Rosalinda Baldoz. Baldoz is now the undersecretary of the Department of Labor and Employment.

The new POEA administrator promise to ensure the safety and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as the agency seeks to create more employment opportunities overseas.

Manalili used to be an attorney at the office of Supreme Court Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales. She was also the secretary of the Supreme Court Committee on Gender Responsiveness in Judiciary and a member of the Philippine Mediation Center.