16 November 2020 – Ambassador Rodolfo D. Robles welcomed participants to the virtual Post-Arrival Orientation Seminar (PAOS) hosted by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Toronto for OFWs based in New Brunswick. The Ambassador expressed his pleasure in meeting the New Brunswick-based Filipino workers virtually, and commended POLO-Toronto for hosting the meeting.

Representatives from the Embassy and different attached agencies such as OWWA, SSS, and PAG-IBIG provided the OFWs with information on the different government services available to them. Ms. Katie Noonan of the New Brunswick Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour also briefed the OFWs on the province’s employment standards. END