The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) informed that an estimated 10,000 job opportunities await overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Alberta, a province in Canada.The recent signing of the memorandum of agreement between the Philippine government and the province of Alberta created a partnership and cooperation in the recruitment and deployment of OFWs.

Roque said, “Initially 10,000 Filipinos are need immediately for this recruitment program, but Alberta officials said they have a shortage of 30,000 workers for their oil and gas industry.” Read more.

Many countries in the Asian region are experiencing economic growth that results to more infrastructure and industrial projects. To accomplish the said projects, wealthy Asian countries need the services and expertise of foreign workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are more often than not, the top choice.

More overseas jobs are waiting for professional and skilled OFWs as they are in-demand in Asia. Former POEA Administrator Baldoz said, “This was despite competition posed by other labor-sending countries and restriction on labor and nationalization policies of some host countries.” Read more.

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Czech Republic is another country that is experiencing a shortage of nurses as their healthcare workers chose to work in Austria and Germany. Aware of the need to hire foreign nurses, the Philippine Foreign Minister, Alberto Romulo is eyeing Czech Republic as another work destination for Filipino nurses. Romulo said that he hope the labor market of Czech Republic would open its door to Filipino nurses. Read more.

To solve the current shortage of nursing staff, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) aims to hire 10,000 more nurses to meet the urgent requirement. They will do this by hiring foreign nurses and by encouraging Saudi girls to take up nursing. In lieu to this, the KSA is set to hire about 2,000 Filipino nurses. A thousand scholarships for Saudi women have also been granted. Read more.