Saudi ban hiring of domestic helpers from the Philippines

**chua_riwap** · July 2nd, 2011 06:46 PM

sinasabi nila ngayon pwede raw yung mga dsiplaced DH sa canada or sa australia.
let's see kung magagawa ng gobyerno ito.

**shakatak70** · July 2nd, 2011 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by chua_riwap

sinasabi nila ngayon pwede raw yung mga dsiplaced DH sa canada or sa australia.
let's see kung magagawa ng gobyerno ito.

Pwede nga yan chief

Maglaba Canadian
Magluto Canadian
Mamalantsa Canadian

Balang araw magiging Canadian na rin ang mga DH

**tidus1203** · July 2nd, 2011 07:34 PM

I used to live in Canada (I am citizen), di uso mga DH duon... Lahat kanyang gawa... Ewan ko na lang ngayon since that's more than 10 years ago...

**desert fox** · July 2nd, 2011 11:09 PM

Embass
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Press Release 49/2011
2 July 2011
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Philippine Embassy Statement on Visas for HSWs
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The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has learned through print
media about the Saudi ban on stoppage of work visas for domestic
workers from the Philippines which will be implemented effective 2
July 2011 as announced by the Saudi Ministry of Labor.
As of 1 July, the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh has not received
any official notice on the matter from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign
Affairs or the Ministry of Labor. The Embassy has sought a meeting
with Saudi officials to confirm the parameters of this pronounced
policy by the Ministry of Labor Spokesperson Mr. Hattab Al Anzi.
The Philippine Embassy has also received questions on whether
the new policy would negatively affect Filipino HSWs already
working and whose iqamas are subject for renewal or are going on
vacation and would return. The Philippine Embassy shall seek proper
clarification on this issue from the Ministry of Labor.
The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh clarifies that the processing,
verification and authentication of contracts of household service
workers has been suspended since March this year following an
instruction from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and pending
mutual agreement on the requirements for verification and terms and
conditions of the contracts.
A Philippine – Saudi joint technical committee met in Manila on
24-27 April this year. The Saudi delegation was headed by Assistant
Deputy Minister of Labor H.E. Mr. Hashim Rajeh.
After the April meeting, the Philippine side agreed to waive
requiring the employer’s personal appearance as well as submission
of a police clearance, certificate of employment, vicinity map or
sketch of the employer’s residence and names of the members of the
employer’s family. On the other hand, the Saudi delegation agreed
that Saudi employers would hire Filipino domestic helpers through

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licensed Saudi manpower agencies to be pre-qualified by the labor
section of the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and the Philippine
Consulate General in Jeddah.
The only remaining issue to be resolved is the minimum salary.
The Saudi side proposed reducing the minimum salary to 240 U.S.
dollars per month from the existing minimum salary of 400 U.S.
dollars per month which was set way back in 2006 applicable to all
countries hiring Filipino domestic workers. The Philippine
Department of Labor through the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA), which supervises and regulates the
deployment of Filipino workers overseas, decided to maintain the
monthly salary at the current level.
Before the reported decision of the Ministry of Labor to stop
issuing visas for domestic helpers from the Philippines, the Embassy
proposed resuming the talks to further discuss the remaining issue of
the minimum salary.
The Philippine Embassy stresses that the requirements for labor
contract verification and the terms and conditions of the contract
including the $400 minimum salary are not new as suggested by some
news reports. These requirements are part of the HSW Reform
Package introduced in December 2006 by the POEA, which have
been implemented since 2007 for deployment of HSWs worldwide.
There are a series of POEA Governing Board Resolutions issued in

2006 and 2007 to implement the HSW reform package.
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**desert fox** · July 2nd, 2011 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by shakatak70

Ok lang yan.... mas maigi nga na wala ng DH sa Saudi, sa hirap ng dinanas nila diyan sa lugar na iyan.

korek ka jan brader...ewan ko kung matatawag ba nating maswerte yung mga runaways kababayans?

hanggang ngayon, sa palagay ko, marami pa ding TNT na mgqa kababayan nating DH...

me kwento pa sa akin nun, sa halagang 20sr papatira si kabayan para lang me makain....at meron pa din pumapatol, imbes na tulungan na lang si kabayan at bigyan ng konting pera at pagkain, puypuyin pa din....

mga sun and the beaches...

**desert fox** · July 2nd, 2011 11:17 PM

sa akin lang, kung magpapadala ng DH sa ibang bansa, wag na at naisin ko pang maghirap ang kababayan ko sa sariling bansa kesa alipinin ng ibang lahi.....

**Monseratto** · July 3rd, 2011 07:12 PM

I won't be suprised if some unskilled DH did not pass through goverment channels just to work abroad. Di lang pala sa KSA ang minimum wage clause bago ma issue ng contract...

The Saudi side proposed reducing the minimum salary to 240 U.S.
dollars per month from the existing minimum salary of 400 U.S.
dollars per month which was set way back in 2006 applicable to all
countries hiring Filipino domestic workers.

**keithdb** · July 4th, 2011 04:55 PM

tama lang yan. sa dami ng mga inaabuso na DH ng mga arabo dapat lang na wag sila dun pumunta. May ibang bansa pa naman na pwede nilang puntahan na protektado ang kanilang mga karapatang pangtao. Lakas siguro magdasal si Tulfo, lagi nya binabanggit ang di pagpapadala ng DH sa saudi eh.

**desert fox** · July 4th, 2011 05:42 PM

maikwento ko lang mga braders...nangyayari ito sa 99% na DH dito...

Mga katulong dito(iba-ibang lahi)...kapag kailangan (sponsor)ni nanay, ni kuya ni ate ang katulong, ipapadala yan sa bahay nila..1day,1week,1month....me karapatan ba magreklamo ang katulong???

WALA.

Nakakalabas ba ng bahay ng amo nila ang katulong ng ayon sa gusto nila?

HINDI

May Day off ba sila?

WALA

Kapag umalis ang mga amo, iniiwan ba sa kanila ang susi, just in case of emergency man lang?

HINDI

Kung ano kinakain ng amo, yun din ba ang pagkain nila?

HINDI

Nasa Tamang oras o pinaswesweldo ba sila ng tama?

HINDI

Kapag minolestya,ginulpi,sinaktan sila, pwede ba sila magreklamo?

OO- kung makakatakas sila...

ang kabuuan nito, mga kababayan nating DH dito ay mga ALIPIN,ALILA,PARANG MGA ASO...ganyan sila dito...

kaya tama lang ang nangyari...

sa ibang bansa na lang,wag na dito....