‘Aquino gov’t deceiving public on impact of Saudization on OFW’ By Michaela P. del Callar 07/04/2011

‘Aquino gov’t deceiving public on impact of Saudization on OFW’

By Michaela P. del Callar 07/04/2011

The Aquino administration was accused yesterday of “misleading” the public of alternative jobsites in other countries for thousands of Filipino domestic helpers who will be displaced by a new Saudi stop-hiring policy for maids from the Philippines due to an unresolved wage row.

Recruitment consultant Emmanuel Geslani disputed the statements of the government that other countries like Australia and Canada are willing to absorb Filipino workers.

“Canada and Australia may need workers but these are highly skilled personnel in the oil and gas industry which is sorely lacking in the last decade,” Geslani noted.

The government, he said, should hold talks at the highest level with Saudi Arabia immediately to forestall any massive loss of jobs for Filipinos..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110704hed4.html