TaiwanPinoy Official Weblog: Rumor of Filipino-workers ban denied

(please read previous post "Taiwan shuts doors on Filipino workers" if you haven't done so).

Which is which now? Here's another news excerpt contradicting published ban of Fil workers by Taiwan CLA (Council Of Labor Affairs). Also note that few days ago, TaiwanPinoy posted news about some changes of Taiwan's rule regarding acceptance of Fil workers -- particular interest is the change of visa approval from 2 wks to 42 days-- the news here confirmed just that.

Another interesting thing to note: the Ban is published by Phils' ABS-CBN, and the Denial is published by Taiwan's TaiwanNews. Pointing fingers eh? Whatever it may be, looks like the Phils' agencies should shut up instead of provoking Taiwan's CLA to really impose a ban.

The Council of Labor Affairs yesterday refuted rumors that the government planned to halt the import of workers from the Philippines beginning next year. "That rumor is pure fabrication," said Tsai Meng-liang, the head of the council's foreign labor department. He denied that the CLA had announced on its Web site that the quota of foreign workers for next year will exclude Filipino workers, as a labor brokers' association in the Philippines has claimed. Cheng Yi-min, director of the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training under the CLA further reiterated that the CLA is not considering "freezing, limiting or banning" the import of Filipino workers. The rumor, spread by some Philippine brokers, is absolutely not true, Chen said. There have been speculations that the rumors were started by Filipino brokers in response to a CLA decision to extend the review process for applicants from the Philippines seeking to enter Taiwan for work. The CLA last month extended the process by one month, from 12 to 42 days, after it was found that some Filipino brokers were colluding with applicants to forge documents related to the workers' personal information.