WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987
12
24
4.50
5.00
7.00
7.50
27
5.50
6.00
8.50
9.00
31
6.00
6.60
9.00
10.00
11 NGONG PING
2.00
2.20
3.00
3.40
ROUTES
24
6.00
6.60
9.00
10.00
IN CERTAIN INSTANCES HOWEVER NLB WILL CHARGE FARES BELOW THE MAXIMUM SPECIFIED IN THE REVISED SCALE.
FILIPINO-MAID CASES TO BE CONSIDERED
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THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION CONFIRMED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT HE HAS AGREED TO CONSIDER ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING FILIPINO DOMESTIC HELPERS CAUGHT BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON REVISED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE TO CHANGE EMPLOYERS AND TO ATTEST NEW CONTRACTS BEFORE THEIR RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECURITY BRANCH POINTED OUT THAT THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION WOULD CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING THOSE HELPERS WHOSE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED IN WRITING EITHER BY THEMSELVES OR BY THEIR EMPLOYERS WITHIN TWO-MONTHS BEFORE APRIL 17 TO CHANGE EMPLOYERS AND TO HAVE NEW CONTRACTS ATTESTED.
HE STRESSED THAT THE CASES WOULD BE CONSIDERED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL MERITS AND THE DIRECTOR WOULD ALSO CONSIDER SYMPATHETICALLY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN SERIOUS DISPUTES WITH THEIR EMPLOYERS DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
THE SPOKESMAN URGED DOMESTIC HELPERS WHO HAD THEIR CONTRACTS TERMINATED IN WRITING EITHER BY THEMSELVES OR THEIR EMPLOYERS WITHIN TWO-MONTHS BEFORE APRIL 17 TO APPLY TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE FOR APPROVAL TO CHANGE EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF THEIR 'EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES' BEFORE THEY SUBMIT THEIR CONTRACTS TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR ATTESTATION.
+CLAIMS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IN ANY CASE
NOT LATER THAN JUNE 17, 1987,+ HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT CLAIMS UNDER THESE ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY CLEAR EVIDENCE, SUCH AS WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF TERMINATION RECEIVED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT OR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEFORE APRIL 17, 1987 OR THAT A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN LODGED WITH EITHER THE IMMIGRATION OR LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN RESPECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACT CONDITIONS BEFORE THAT DATE.
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