MANILA, Philippines — The Saudi Arabian government government has agreed to order employers to shoulder the cost of the health and quarantine fees of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for the middle eastern nation.
This was according to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Bernard Olalia, who said that Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the Philippines recently had a discussion on the matter.
“Pumayag na po, ayon po sa ambassador, ang KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) government na ilalagay nila sa isang clarification letter na ang KSA employers, foreign employers po ang sasag…
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