LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension in the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Qatar following the decision of neighboring Gulf countries to cut off diplomatic ties over the former’s alleged support for terrorists.
The crisis has forced flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) to stop transporting Qataris to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and UAE citizens to Qatar, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to review its projection of 4 percent growth in OFW remittances this year.
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