Republic of the Philippines

EMBASSY OF THE PHILIPPINES WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
50 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand 6011

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POEA Memorandum Circular No. 09 dated 12 December 2014.


Pursuant to Section 3, Rule V, Part II of the POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Land-based Overseas Workers and New Zealand’s Wages Protection Act 1983, agencies recruiting, hiring and deploying Fili...

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As the Philippine Embassy continues to engage and collaborate closely with local authorities, groups and stakeholders for the protection and welfare of Filipino workers, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez, Philippine Labour Attaché Atty. Rodolfo Sabulao and Philippine Honorary Consul Peter Wait me...

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Ms. Aileen Paredes, Production Manager and Mr. Struan Wallace, Cameraman of the ABS-CBN The Filipino Channel (TFC) visited Wellington recently and put the spotlight on the Filifest New Zealand cultural group who continues to showcase the best of Filipino music and dances in Aotearoa, exemplifies...

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Another significant milestone in the economic and business horizon was reached when a group of innovative business people and entrepreneurs and successful professionals from the Filipino community in Christchurch launched the Aotearoa-Filipino Business Club (AFBC) on 30 November 2014 envisioned...

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As the Philippine Embassy endeavours to reach out and be one with the Filipino community especially in celebrating milestone events, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez, Philippine Honorary Consul General Paulo Garcia and Philippine Honorary Vice-Consul Virginia Russell joined the 5th anniversary a...

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