MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) may consider lifting the suspension of Filipino workers’ deployment to Israel if the ceasefire between Israel’s military and Gaza militants will hold for another two to three weeks.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Wednesday that he wants to make sure the situation in Israel stabilizes first before redeploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Middle Eastern country.
“Give us two to three weeks,” he said in an online media forum when asked when the OFW deployment could resume.
“Give it another two or three weeks, at ma-maintain talaga ‘yung (if there will be) strict observance of the ceasefir…
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