101.   Trajano said he expects overseas employment to continue being a major source of jobs for Filipino workers despite government programs favoring local employment.

102.   With the impending mass layoffs, DOLE should step upits employment generation program for displaced workers, particularly overseas Filipino workers, she said.

103.   Filipino workers aboard the Star Africa said they were headed to the Caribbean region, but this has not been confirmed officially.

104.   Filipino workers continued to get high scores for their proficiency in English, levels of education, relatively low cost and widespread skills, Wallace added.

105.   In recent months, Malaysia has stepped up deporting illegal Filipino workers.

106.   A Philippine senator on Tuesday urged the government to evacuate all Filipino workers in Iraq after the US cruise missile attack.

107.   Any forced repatriation would mean huge losses for the Philippine government, which largely depends on Filipino workers all over the world for foreign exchange remittances.

108.   Complaints about the treatment of Filipino workers overseas are now being brought into the open following the hanging of Contemplacion.

109.   The Philippine House of Representatives on Thursday passed a tax reform bill exempting overseas Filipino workers from income tax.

110.   There are an estimated four million Filipino overseas workers in various parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.