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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR 1997
NO.	SUBJECT	DATE
1	Wage Rate for Filipino Able Seaman	01/03/1997
2	Guidelines on the Establishment and Operationalization of Onsite	01/17/1997
	Welfare and Monitoring Centers
3	Repatriated OFWs from Taiwan Due to Illness	01/24/1997
4	Increase in National Health Insurance (NHI) Benefits of Overseas	02/04/1997
	Filipino Workers (OFWs) and Dependents
5	Guidelines on the Implementation of Placement Fee Ceiling for	01/27/1997
	Landbased Agency
6	Guidelines for the Implementation of the Full Disclosure Policy	04/04/1997
7	Recruitment of Seafarers with Training Certificates Issued by the	04/14/1997
	Accredited Training Centers
8	Guidelines in the Prescription and Use of Drugs Against Intestinal	04/23/1997
	Parasites
9	Deployment of Worker-Trainees to South Korea other than KFSB and	05/05/1997
	Intra-Company Schemes
10	Guidelines on the Accreditation of Japanese Principals Hiring Filipino	05/05/1997
	Performing Artists (OPAs)
11	Exemption from the Minimum Age Requirement of Female Household	05/22/1997
	Workers in Malaysia
12	Guidelines on the Extension of the Maximum Contract Term Limit from	06/10/1997
	two (2) to three (3) years for Expatriate Workers in Taiwan
13	Visa Issuance at the Kuwait Embassy in Manila	06/18/1997
14	Authentication of Employment Contracts of Workers Bound for	06/23/1997
	Solomon Islands
15	Amendatory Guidelines on the Accreditation of Japanese Principals Hiring	07/30/1997
	Overseas Performing Artists (OPAs)
16	Additional Training Requirement for Purposes of Registration of Filipino	08/04/1997
	Seafarers
17	Guidelines for the Establishment of Branch Offices of Training Centers	09/05/1997
18	Issuance of Special Exit Clearance	10/13/1997
19	Implementing Guidelines for the Deployment of Household Workers to	09/24/1997
	to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
20	Suspension of Accreditation of Agency-to-Agency PDOS Tie-up	09/12/1997
21	Supplemental Accreditation Requirement on the Deployment of Worker-	11/10/1997
	Trainees to South Korea other than KFSB and Intra-company Schemes
	under MC 9, Series of 1997
22	Amendment on Guidelines on the Accreditation of Japanese (Principal)	11/17/1997
	hiring Filipino Artists (OPAs)
23	Exemption from MC 20, Series of 1997 on PDO Program of Manning	12/23/1997
	Agencies
24	Minimum Basic Salary for Workers in Taiwan	12/20/1997