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News Releases 2006 December • Illegal recruiters ride the cyberspace • 2006 OFW deployment exceeds 1 M mark • POEA sees more OFWs deployed in 2007 • POEA Governing Board approves reforms on deployment of domestic helpers • Illegal recruiters target semi-skilled job applicants • Filipinos still the preferred choice in 2007 • POEA partners with LGUs against illegal recruitment • Foreign-based placement agencies not allowed to recruit Filipino workers for Spain • Statement of Administrator Baldoz on Korea EPS November • POEA expands services to returning OFWs • Two recruitment agencies padlocked • Victims arrests lady illegal recruiter in Pampanga • POEA sets records straight on closed recruitment agency October • POEA warns teachers against Italy job scam • Mandaluyong City joins POEA in fight against illegal recruitment September • Canada province seeks Filipino workers • POEA campaign against illegal recruitment goes nationwide • No recruitment of nurses and caregivers to Japan yet • POEA not sending entertainers to Korea EPS • Lifting order on Sentosa valid -- POEA August • Baldoz says albeit test leakage, Filipino nurses still the best • Employers should pay for UAE work visa • OFWs should use legal documents to work in Malaysia and the Netherlands • Ex-prosecutor convicted, ex-mayor jailed for illegal recruitment • POEA closes 19 travel agencies, bans 50 persons for illegal recruitment July • Gov’t offers alternative jobs and livelihood to OFWs repatriated from Lebanon • Brion endorses reforms in the deployment of domestic helpers • Gov't to neutralize airport 'escort' syndicates victimizing OFWs -DOLE • Brion vows to intensify efforts against illegal recruitment • General nurses removed from UK shortage occupation list • POEA asks for LGU's support for illegal recruitment-free community initiative • Korea may hire Filipino doctors in 2007 • 100,000 jobs in Spain not yet available • Saudi to punish illegal foreign workers and their employers June • No lifting of Iraq deployment ban, work in Afghanistan restricted • POEA not sending civilian fighters to Iraq, Afghanistan • POEA denies sabotage on suspension orders against recruitment agencies • POEA lifts suspension orders against recruitment agencies • Recruitment agencies probed for illegal use of Saudi visa • POEA partners with PESOs against illegal recruiters May • Recruiter for Sweden factory charged with illegal recruitment • Foundation involved in illegal recruitment • POEA asks court to reconsider decision dismissing case against American recruiter • Owner of recruitment agency jailed April • POEA questions grant of bail to American recruiter • UAE cracks down on illegal workers March • Cyprus clubs make Filipino entertainers prostitutes • CIDG-POEA AIR team scores anew on fight vs illegal recruiters • Victims arrest, let go illegal recruiter February • Maids in Malaysia get salary through banks • Judge orders arrest, frees illegal recruiter • 10 Filipino victims of illegal recruitment repatriated from Hong Kong January • 1,971 pass second Korean language test • POEA awards P45 M to OFW claimants • Government honors outstanding private recruitment and manning agencies • OFW contacts processed by POEA in 2005 hit 1 million mark • Slow deployment of OFWs blamed on lack of international flights • POEA expands online systems • 250 OFWs leave weekly for EPS-Korea • 67 recruitment agencies lost license • Filipino professional and technical specialists boost OFW remittances • Bright prospects ahead for overseas employment for 2006 • Baldoz extols OFWs for remittances

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