LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd has stripped the administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) of the power to approve and renew overseas recruitment licenses.

Bello on Thursday issued Administrative Order (AO) 241, recalling a 1998 Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) directive that gave the task to the POEA chief.

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