KLT passers should submit
requirements to POEA
The POEA is calling on
remaining passers of the 6th Korean Language Test (KLT) to
comply with documentation requirements to enable them to be
offered jobs by Korean employers as soon as possible.
Two months had lapsed after the KLT for
Filipino jobseekers but not everyone out of the 2,755
applicants who passed the test has been included in the
roster of workers in Korea’s Employment Permit System.
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POEA prohibits recruitment of seafarers at Rizal Park
The Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration ordered
manning agencies
occupying booths managed by Luneta Seafarers’ Welfare
Foundation, Inc. (LUSWELF) at Rizal Park near the National
Library to stop their recruitment activities or face
administrative sanctions.
The POEA has discontinued issuance of Special Recruitment
Authority (SRA) to
the said agencies in May 2009 because of reported hiring
malpractices.
Therefore, all
recruitment activities of manning agencies in the area are
deemed illegal.
SRA
is the authority granted by the POEA
to a licensed agency
to conduct recruitment
outside the
registered office or address stated in the license of an
agency or its acknowledged additional office(s).
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