[ POEA DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 20* SERIES OF 1996, July 23, 1996 ]

LIFTING OF THE SUSPENSION ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO SINGAPORE



Pursuant to the directive of the President and in view of the normalization of relations between the governments of the Philippines and Singapore, the suspension on the deployment of Filipino household workers to Singapore is hereby lifted.

To ensure protection of Filipino household workers in Singapore, POEA is hereby directed to establish guidelines which will be strictly followed by both the Office of the Labor Attache in Singapore and POEA.

Adopted: 23 July 1996

(SGD.) LEONARDO A. QUISUMBING
Secretary


* Also Filed by the Department of Labor and Employment on 30 August 1996