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In 2010, RA 10022 or an Act Amending RA 8042 was enacted. The amendments to the law sought to further improve the protection mechanisms provided for Filipino migrant workers. [ 14 ] RA 10022 is an act that amends RA 8024 that further improves the standard of protection and promotion of the welfare of migrant workers, their families and the ...
In 1995, the Republic Act 8042, or Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act, became law. [5] 700,000 of the world's mariners come from the Philippines, being the world's largest origin of seafarers; [11] In 2018, Filipino seafarers sent home the equivalent of US$6.14 billion. [12]
Republic Act 6955 declares as unlawful "the practice of matching Filipino women for marriage to foreign nationals on a mail order basis." [ 63 ] [ 64 ] It is also unlawful under the R.A. 9208, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, a penal law against human trafficking, sex tourism, sex slavery and child prostitution. [ 5 ]
Republic Act No. 10801 signed by President Benigno Aquino III on May 10, 2016, ... Republic Act No. 8042; Republic Act No. 10022; Republic Act No. 10801
Amending RA 8996 or the Radio and Television Broadcasting Franchise of End Time Mission Broadcasting Service, Inc: 2006-04-24: 9343: Amending the Special Purpose Vehicle Act of 2002 or RA 9182 : On the Period of Application for Establishment and Registration, and On Tax Exemptions and Fee Privileges: 2006-04-28: 9344
As recommended by the Gancayco Commission, Ramos facilitated the enactment of Republic Act No. 8042, better known as the "Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995", which was signed into law on June 7, 1995. [36]
The Overseas Absentee Voting Act, officially designated as Republic Act No. 9189, is a Philippine law that provides an absentee voting system for Filipino citizens residing or working outside of the Philippines who are qualified voters.
On December 30, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act. No. 11641 creating the Department of Migrant Workers, elevating POEA as an executive department [8] and absorbing the seven offices of the Department of Labor and Employment and Department of Foreign Affairs namely Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs ...