30,000 OFWs for Guam’s Billion-Dollar Project
Jul 15, 2008
The Philippine Association of Service Exporters Inc. (PASEI), an organization of licensed recruitment firms in the country informed that employment opportunities await Filipino construction workers in
Thousands of construction workers will be needed for the relocation of the
According to Vic Fernandez, PASEI President, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are preferred over workers of other nationalities because OFWs are known for their excellent work ethics and fluency in the English language.
The PASEI president, said, “An overseas worker for the project is expected to earn a minimum net income of USD 750 a month, while other workers and employees in higher positions will receive the same pay as their American counterparts.”
As sixty percent of the transfer to
Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, both US colonies are exempted from the nationwide quota on all H visas until 2014 as stated in the legislation passed b the US Senate.
Fenandez said, “All foreign workers including Filipinos who will enter