The POEA office

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), true to its words, has nullified the permission it has given to 63 recruitment agencies. This is in relation to their mission of stopping illegal recruiters from operating and taking advantage of Filipinos aspiring to work abroad.

POEA ‘cleaned’ its list of agencies by cancelling the license of recruitment agencies that have been deemed to be conducting deceitful transactions in its operation. Now, Filipinos wanting to work abroad can be sure that agencies listed in POEA are legally safe and accredited.

Here are the list of agencies whose license where cancelled. See if one of them is your agency or the agency of someone you knew so you can take the necessary actions.

1. ABC MANILA INTERNATIONAL INC.

2. AISIS INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER INC.
3. AL-ABEER MANPOWER SERVICES INC.
4. AL TAKA MANPOWER SERVICES INC.
5. ALL-PRO STAFFING & CONSULTING SERVICES
6. ALLSKILLS MANPOWER SERVICES INC.
7. ALTIMA MANPOWER AGENCY INC.
8. ASAHI INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER CORPORATION
9. ASEAN MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES INC.
10. BIG DIPPER MARITIME SERVICES CORPORATION
11. BOOM INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY
12. BRIGHT INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES
13. C.A.A. MANPOWER AGENCY
14. CROSSWIND INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES
15. DIAMOND ROSE HUMAN RESOURCES AND SERVICES CORPORATION
16. FMJ INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER AND ALLIED SERVICES INC.
17. FUTURISTIC INTERNATIONAL ARTIST (FIA) PROMOTION CORPORATION
18. GEMS 22 MANPOWER COMPANY
19. GLOBAL JOBSEARCH SERVICES INC.
20. GREENBACK INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER
21. GOLDEN LIME INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES
22. GOLDEN MILES PLACEMENT PROMOTION AND MANNING AGENCY COMPANY
23. HANJAN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INC.
24. HELAL MANPOWER AGENCY
25. HERBERT’S INTERNATIONAL INC.
26. JARDY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION AGENCY
27. JMP POLARIS NAVIGATION INC. AND INVESTORS ASSURANCES CORPORATION
28. KONNEXION INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER AGENCY
29. LIFELINE INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES INC.
30. MAJNAL RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT INC
31. MARHABA INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY
32. MBC HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
33. MCLAINE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY GROUP INC.
34. MEDRP INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINE INC.
35. MHHR MANPOWER RECRUITMENT & PLACEMENT AGENCY CORPORATION
36. MORLAND OVERSEAS MANPOWER
37. MSS TALENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC.
38. NANHAYA INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT INC.
39. N.A.R. TRAINING CENTER & MANAGEMENT SERVICES
40. NORTHWEST PLACEMENT INC.
41. OFW RECRUITMENT AGENCY
42. P & R MANPOWER SERVICES INC.
43. PHILEMPLOY SERVICES & RESOURCES INC.
44. PHILTRADE INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES
45. REAJENT MANPOWER SERVICES INC.
46. SAVEWAY INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES
47. SILVER HORIZON INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES
48. SMART INTERNATIONAL MARINE SERVICES CORP.
49. STAFFLINE INC.
50. ST. BERNARD INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER AGENCY
51. STOCKHAUS INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES CORPORATION
52. THE JOB CONNECTION INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES INC.
53. THE JOBHUNTER INC.
54. WELLCOME EMPLOYMENT CENTRE INC.
55. WHITE WING’S MANPOWER EXPONENT
56. W.M.G. INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT AGENCY
57. YES HUMAN RESOURCES INC.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) will celebrate “Migrant Worker’s Day”.

The celebration will highlight the collaborative efforts among government and private stakeholders of overseas employment in providing services to the workers with this year’s theme “ Magkasangga Para sa Kapakanan, Kabuhayan at Kalusugan ng OFW”.

POEA Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac said that visitors may avail of free polio, vaccine, medical consultation, medicine and vitamins as part of the government’s health awareness campaign with cooperation of DOH, OWWA, medical clinics associations and recruitment agencies.

OWWA, PRC, TESDA, SSS, Philhealth and Pag-Ibig also provide information on their respective programs and services.

For interested workers, TESDA will have demonstrations on skills that can acquire through (TVIs) Technical Vocational Institutions.

OWWA’s National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) will have livelihood programs and services to OFWs returning permanently to the Philippines.

The agency will activate the new queuing system and the POEA lawyers also offer legal assistance.

Partners from the private sector will provide free snacks, souvenir items and raffle prizes to guests and transacting OFWs.

OFWs were warned against accepting offers for certain jobs in the food service sector in Canada.

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) head Hans J. Cacdac said the Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) moratorium is in effect on the food services sector’s access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

The moratorium covers occupations in establishments engaged in preparing meals, snacks and beverages for immediate consumption include: food counter attendants, kitchen helpers, restaurant and food service managers, food service supervisors, food and beverage servers, cashiers, chefs, cooks, bakers, sales, marketing and advertising managers, executive housekeepers, cleaning supervisors, butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers, sales representatives, retail salespersons and sales clerks, hosts/hostesses, bartenders, janitors and caretakers.

The moratorium also in response to allegations that the program was being abused to displace Canadian workers.

POEA head said the moratorium will remain until the completion of the ongoing Canadian government review of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

With the moratorium, they will not process any new or pending application for Labor Market Opinion (LMO) and no work permit for temporary foreign workers will be approved.

However, the suspension does not include food service activities that occur within establishments such as amusement and recreation parks, hotels, theaters and civic/social associations, but leased food-service locations in facilities such as shopping malls, department stores, airports and hotels are included.

A total of 184 Pinoy nurses and caregivers under the Japan-Philippines Economic Agreement (JPEPA) are off to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ this June.

The Preparatory Japanese Language Training for nurses and certified care workers candidates under the JPEPA taught participants the basic knowledge and usage of Japanese language and understanding the Japanese people, their culture and their society.

Japanese and 9 Filipino language teachers facilitated the training held at the Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Taguig City.

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Embassy of Japan, Akio Isomata urged candidates to take heart their training.

“I’m not saying the language is the only key to success but surely it is an important key to the success of your future in Japan,” Isomata said.

Whether it’s for professional, social or personal reasons, learning at least one foreign language is a must for anyone who wants to keep their options open. We live in a multilingual world that is becoming increasingly globalized and it is therefore very important to know more than one language.

 Foreign languages are important to those working abroad. It helps make a great first impression, and it shows that you are willing to go above and beyond to maintain the relationship. In many cultures, attempting to speak the language is viewed as a sign of respect and has the potential to open doors in the future.

The awareness allows people from different nationalities and religions to get along with each other better, which is very important given the high levels of immigration. Many countries with high immigration levels have trouble with lack of integration, and this is often because of the language barrier, so people end up being segregated, staying in communities where their own language is spoken.

Main reasons that should turn you towards learning foreign languages.

Personal Satisfaction: View life as a continuous learning process. Learning foreign languages is not easy and you’ll have many small issues and problems to tackle along the way, the chances of solving it are very high and the intellectual fulfillment that you get at the end is uncomparable to anything else.

Professional Requirement: Many professions require the knowledge of at least two or more foreign languages, depending on the field of your job. Speak, read and write in two languages – highly commended.

To Keep your Mind Healthy: Feed your brain! Learning a new language requires the memorizing and understanding of new words, which offers your brain a good training for future occasions where memorizing is a must.

Communication: Essential skills for communication in foreign languages consist of the ability to understand spoken messages, to initiate, sustain conclude conversations and to read, understand and produce texts appropriate to the individual’s need. Learning the other person’s mother language is not only for a better communication, but also out of respect for each other.

Social Bonus: When knowing a foreign language can be literally a social blessings is when meeting a foreigner whose language you can speak, this create great impression around you. It also brings you both professional and social satisfaction.

The reasons for learning a new language are varied, but the importance of learning foreign languages is universal: it will always benefit you in one way or another.