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MANILA: A senior cabinet official announced
that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been banned from seeking
deployment in the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone due to the Ebola virus scourge. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz of the Department of Labour and Employment disclosed the ban was imposed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration as recommended by the Department of Foreign Affairs, which raised Alert Level 2 after the three countries declared an Ebola outbreak. Baldoz clarified the ban covered only newly hired OFWs but those who have existing contracts would still be allowed to enter the three countries.. http://gulftoday.ae/portal/e31ecfec-b9e5-49c8-a1cb-d83654edfdb7.aspx Nevertheless, Baldoz appealed to the OFWs deployed there to take all the necessary precautions against the Ebola virus. |
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Friday, July 4, 2014
OFWs banned from Ebola-affected countries
