The Labor Department has ordered the lifting of the deployment suspension of overseas Filipino workers to Israel on Wednesday.
In a memo, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III directed Labor Attaché Rodolfo Gabasan of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Israel to implement the lifting of the order effective immediately.
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“In the interest of service and based on the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs to withdraw the temporary suspension of departure of OFWs to Israel as there have been low level incidents between the Israel Defense Force and Palestinian militant groups since the Hamas ceasefire took effect on May 21, 2021, you are hereby instructed to effect the lifting of the suspension of the temporary departure of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to Israel effective immediately,” the document stated.
DOLE added that the decision was based upon the recommendation of the Foreign Affairs Department.
Bello previously said that Israel was looking for more Filipino workers to work in the health and tourism sector.
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Around 1,000 OFWs will be deployed to Israel once the suspension is lifted.
The government temporarily suspended the deployment of OFWs to Israel last May, following tensions between Israeli troops and Hamas militants. (TDT)
