More than 100,000 jobs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are available. This was confirmed in the 1st RP-Qatar Joint Committee Meeting in Bohol recently when labor officials from the Philippines and Qatar convened the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported in April 1.

Aside from the ratification of the Additional Protocol to the RP-Qatar Agreement Concerning Filipino Manpower Employment in Qatar, which the two countries discussed, Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque the two delegations from the Philippines and Qatar also discussed the employment prospects for OFWs in Qatar. He said Qatar approved a total of 296,787 work visas for OFWs between October 2008 to March 2009 out of which about 190,000 were already filled up, indicating that over 100,000 work visas are still available for OFWs. The DOLE Chief said that about 85 % of the available jobs for OFWs in the Qatar requires technical and highly-skilled workers in the construction sector.

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