POEA lifts deployment ban on OFWs returning to Yemen; ban on new hires stays

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Monday announced the lifting of the ban in the redeployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Yemen, two months after the ban was re-imposed on Dec. 10 2013, but maintained the deployment ban on newly-hired OFWs "until further advice."

"The POEA Governing Board, in a meeting duly convened, has approved yesterday Governing Board Resolution No. 2 Series of 2014 allowing the redeployment of Filipino workers returning to Yemen, subject to proof of existing employment as determined by the POEA," Baldoz said.