DFA: Alert level 1 up in UK amid riots

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday alert level 1 has been raised in London as violence persists in the area.

DFA spokesperson Raul Hernandez urged overseas Filipino workers to be extra careful and vigilant of violence.

He said the Philippine government has not yet imposed of travel and deployment bans to London.

On Tuesday, the Philippine Embassy in London issued an advisory to the Filipino community in the United Kingdom to be vigilant and to exercise due caution in light of the riots that occurred around London and in other UK cities over the past days.

“The Embassy urges all Filipinos to stay away from high street areas, to avoid large gatherings and to avoid joining or going to places of riots or get involved in any public disturbance,” Charge d’Affaires, a.i. Reynaldo A. Catapang said.

The Embassy has also called on the Filipino community leaders and members to contact the local police immediately and/or the Embassy if there are any untoward incidents in their respective areas or to report any information on Filipinos who may have been injured or seriously affected by
the riots.

The Embassy remains in close contact with UK authorities and Filipino community leaders and is closely monitoring events and developments. It has also activated a round-the-clock monitoring team to continuously ascertain the situation. (End)

DFA mipahimangno nga dili una mo biyahe ngadto sa Yemen, Libya ug Bahrain

GITAMBAGAN sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang mga Pilipino nga i-oktaba una
ang pag-biyahe sa Yemen, Libya ug Bahrain kung dili importante ang ilang lakaw.

Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa DFA nga si Ed Malaya, mahimo nilang i-rekomenda sa
Department of Labor and Employement ang deployment ban sa mga Overseas Filipino
Worker (OFW) sa maong mga nasud sa Middle East hangtud molinaw na ang sitwasyon
didto diin may mga nahitabong bayolenteng demonstrasyon.

Kagahapon, gibarugan sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) nga dili pa kinahanglang
ibakwit ang mga OFW’s nga naa sa Libya, Yemen ug Bahrain.

Matud pa sa DFA, nagpabiling luwas ang may 26,000 ka Pinoy sa Libya , 1,400 OFWs sa
Yemen ug may 31,000 pa sa Bahrain.

Nagbutang ang DFA og 24-hour crisis monitoring team sa mga Embahada ug Konsulado nga
sakop sa maong tulo ka Arab nations.

Gisiguro usab ni Vice Consul Jose Garcia, ang Phl Consulate sa Libya nga andam na usab
ang ilang contingency plans alang sa mga Pinoy nga napiit sa kagubot sa maong lugar.
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DFA: Beware of fake Israeli hospital

Philippine officials in Israel reiterated early this week that there are no job openings for
hospital workers in Israel, and job applicants must particularly beware of a fictitious hospital
used as decoy by illegal recruiters.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a release citing a report from the Philippine
Embassy in Israel that “this announcement is being issued in response to reports and
queries from prospective applicants verifying job opportunities offered to them by certain
unscrupulous recruiters to work in various capacities for a ‘Jordan Valley Medical Center in
Israel.”

The Embassy confirmed that the “Jordan Valley Medical Center” is “fictitious and no such
hospital exists in Israel,” the DFA said.

It reiterated there are no job openings in Israel for hospital workers such as doctors, nurses,
medical technicians, ambulance crew, or drivers, that are available to Filipino applicants.

It also reminded that Filipinos are recruited for Israel as caregivers for home care and not in
hospitals. (PIA)