MANILA, Philippines — The United Kingdom and Germany are seeking an exemption from the 5,000 per year limit on deployment of Filipino nurses and other health care workers, with the latter hoping to hire some 15,000 Filipino medical workers.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III revealed on Monday that representatives of the two nations are negotiating with the Philippine government for an exemption from the deployment cap.
“We are now negotiating with the United Kingdom because the United Kingdom government has requested that they be exempted from the deployment cap of 5,000 cap a year and it is under negotiation,” he said in a Senate h…
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