200,000 MidEast jobs for Filipinos
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200,000 MidEast jobs for Filipinos
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Written by Mia Gonzalez / Reporter
Sunday, 12 April 2009 21:07
MIDDLE East employers have assured the Philippines of more than 200,000 new jobs for the rest of the year, further buoying President Arroyo’s hopes of a “resilient” overseas Philippine labor market despite the global crisis.
The President received the employment commitment through a manifesto presented to her at the Middle East Forum in Dubai, containing the output of the forum including job orders for Philippine workers.
In her remarks, the President said the “market for OFWs remains high and resilient” even as there remain challenges, as proven by the sizable number of job orders from different Middle East countries.
“Overall, while some [Filipino] expatriates have lost their jobs. . . new jobs are being created at the same time, like the 200,000 new jobs that you the employers, recruitment agencies and hardworking government officials [were] able to put together,” she said.
A total of 222,131 new jobs await Filipino workers in the Middle East this year: 107,525 in Saudi Arabia, 39,128 in the United Arab Emirates, 39,159 in Kuwait, 21,517 in Libya and Algeria, 11,356 in Oman, and 3,446 in Bahrain.
