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Philippine Embassy in Morocco (PNA photo) RABAT, Morocco - Filipinos working in Morocco can now access government assistance much easier with the establishment of the country's overseas labor office here. The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Morocco started its operations in March 2021. For years, Filipino workers in the North African state had been under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Embassy in Madrid and later on the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli. "Before, there was no labor section here in Morocco. This country used to be under (the Philippine Embassy in) Libya so the labor attache would come here maybe twice or thrice in a year so he was not in a position to really focus and study how to make changes in making our workers properly documented," Labor Attache Dominador Salanga told the Philippine News Agency (PNA). Aside from issues on proper documentation, Salanga said another pressing issue for Filipinos working in the Kingdom is the remittance cap of U ....
(PNA photo) MANILA-Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. led on Thursday the inauguration of the Philippine Embassy in Morocco, almost 30 years since it was closed down in the 1990s. Locsin said the re-opening reflects Manila's commitment to strengthening its bilateral relations with Morocco. "After being closed for nearly 30 years, the opening of the Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom of Morocco comes at an opportune moment where both countries can optimally benefit by exploring opportunities for growth in various areas of cooperation, including people-to-people exchange," he said in a speech. Locsin was joined by Director-General Ambassador Fouad Yazourh of Morocco. The Embassy's reopening comes within the framework of the Philippine government's Africa policy, which is aimed at engaging more African countries and exploring potential cooperation on trade and politics, among others. Philippine Ambassador Leslie Baja admitted that resuming operations in Raba ....
Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is embarking on an official visit to Morocco to sign a number of bilateral agreements with the North African state, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. His visit is upon the invitation of his Moroccan counterpart Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and will be his first official trip to North Africa as foreign secretary. Locsin and Bourita are expected to sign the Philippines-Morocco Air Services Agreement, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Foreign Service Institute and the Moroccan Academy for Diplomatic Studies, and the MOU on Political Consultations. Also to be signed is the Cooperation Agreement between the state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA) and Maghreb Arabe Presse. Locsin will then hold a bilateral meeting with Bourita to discuss the strengthening of the cordial ties between the Philippines and Morocco and ways to advance the common int ....
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