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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR 1996

NO. SUBJECT DATE
     
1 Medical Clinics Accredited by Malaysia 01/11/1996
     
2 Salary of Domestic Helpers/Caretakers for Taiwan 01/04/1996
     
3 Travel Advice for Libya 01/12/1996
     
4 Amendment to Memorandum Circular No. 52, Series of 1995 on the  01/18/1996
  Deployment of Filipino Drivers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other  
  Middle East Countries  
     
5 Forum on the Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 8042 01/19/1996
     
6 Data Entry to Info Sheet 01/24/1996
     
7 Lost or Expired Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs) 01/24/1996
     
8 Monitor on Processed Workers/Surrender of Expired OECs 01/24/1996
     
9 Minimum Wage in CNMI 01/26/1996
     
10 Ramadan, Muslim Religious Holiday 02/02/1996
     
11 Ramadan 02/09/1996
     
12 Strict Implementation of the Policy on Single Accreditation 02/26/1996
     
13 Contingency Measures 03/11/1996
     
14 Inclusion of a Provision on Soliday Liability of Principals/Employers and 03/07/1996
  the Recruitment Agency in the Contract for Overseas Employment  
     
15 Interim Procedures and Requirements for the Exemption of Performing 03/25/1996
  Artists from the Age 23 Requirement  
     
16 Issuance of Artist Record Book to Performing Artists who Underwent 03/15/1996
  Academic and Skills Training in Different Training Centers  
     
17 Incentive Package for Recipients of the POEA 1994 Top Performers 04/15/1996
  and 1995 Award of Excellence  
     
18 Strict Compliance to the 1978 STCW Convention, as Amended, on 04/16/1996
  Upgrading Courses for Seafarers  
     
19 Haj Holiday in Saudi Arabia 04/30/1996
     
     
20 Memorandum Circular No. 8, Series of 1994  05/22/1996
  (Minimum Age Requirement of 25 yrs old for Female Household Workers)  
     
21 Complete Address/Telephone Numbers of the Philippine Labor Centers 05/02/1996
     
22 Additional Sessions Under the Centralized Pre-Departure Orientation 05/21/1996
  Seminar (PDOS)  
     
23 Medical Clinics Accredited by Malaysia 05/30/1996
     
24 Clarification on the Implementation of Section 20, Rule II, Book II of the 06/03/1996
  Revised Rules and Regulations Governing Overseas Employment  
     
25 Additional Documentary Requirements from Filipino Seamen who are 06/06/1996
  Joining Vessel at any Port of Tunisia  
     
26 Undertaking by Jordanian Placement Agents to Guarantee Payment of 06/17/1996
  Salary to Filipino Household Workers According to the Employment  
  Contract  
     
27 Boarding Certificate Requirement for Taiwan Deployment 07/01/1996
     
28 PDOS for Workers Bound for Libya and Malaysia 06/20/1996
     
29 Transfer of the Name-hire Processing Unit to Pre-Employment Services 06/10/1996
  Office  
     
30 Additional Guidelines on the Hiring of Filipino Workers for the Follow- 06/25/1996
  on Diego Garcia Base Operation Support Contract  
     
31 Guidelines for the Lifting of the Deployment Suspension of Filipino 07/01/1996
  Workers in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI)  
     
32 Submission by Deploying Manning Agencies and by Seafarers of Fake 06/25/1996
  or Tampered Documents for Seafarers Registration  
     
33 Guidelines in the Deployment of Filipino Domestic Helpers Bound to  07/24/1996
  Singapore  
     
33-A Revised Standard Employment Contract and Agency Undertaking  for  08/29/1996
  Filipino Household Workers Bound to Singapore  
     
34 Minimum Wage for Filipino Domestic Helpers in Pakistan 08/22/1996
     
35 Certified True Copy of the Artist Record Book as New Requirement of 08/30/1996
  Japanese Immigration for Issuance of the Certificate of Eligibility to  
  Performing Artist who are ARB holders Effective 03 September 1996  
     
35-A Amendments to Memorandum Circular No. 35, Series of 1996 09/17/1996
     
36 Guidelines on the Deployment of Performing Artists 08/23/1996
     
37 Temporary Suspension of Processing of Documents of Landbased  09/06/1996
  Workers, Including Balik Manggagawa to 7 Middle East countries  
     
38 Temporary Suspension of Deployment of Workers to Iraq 09/06/1996
     
39 Submission by the Landbased Agencies to Licensing Branch of the  09/06/1996
  List of Deployed Workers to 8 Middle East Countries   
     
40 Selective Lifting of the Temporary Suspension to Bahrain and Saudi 09/12/1996
  Arabia  
     
41 Lifting of the Temporary Suspension of Deployment to Bahrain, Kuwait, 09/13/1996
  Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria  
     
42 Cancellation of Previously Approved Job Orders Under the HI-A Visa  09/23/1996
  Category  
     
43 Worker-Applicants who Change their Identity 09/17/1996
     
44 Namehires 09/10/1996
     
45 Emphasis on the Prohibition of Homosexuality, Gambling and Selling 10/14/1996
  of Alcoholic Beverages in Saudi Arabia  
     
46 Inclusion of the Provision on Passport Custody of Workers in the  10/04/1996
  Employment Contract   
     
47 Salary of Domestic Helpers/Caretakers for Taiwan 10/18/1996
     
48 Procedure and Requirements in the Registration of C3 Registrants- 09/30/1996
  Applicants who Cannot Meet the Minimum Requirements for Registration  
  as Seafarers but have Limited Sea-Related Land Experience or Training  
  and being Hired by a Licensed Manning Agency/Shipping Company  
  onboard a Foreign-Going Vessel  
     
49 Repayment of Lost Official Receipts 10/31/1996
     
50 Segregation of Seabased and Landbased Functions/Structure within  10/28/1996
  POEA  
     
51 Extension in the Processing of Employment Contracts of Household 11/14/1996
  Workers Recruited as Name Hires Provided by MC 44, Series of 1996  
     
52 Adoption of Security Measures to Identify Fake and Tampered PDOS 11/15/1996
  Certificates and Referral Slips  
     
53 Resumption of Deployment of Household Workers to the Middle East 12/03/1996
     
54 List of All Deployed Performing Artists 12/20/1996
     
55 Revised Standard Employment Terms and Conditions Governing the 12/16/1996
  Employment of Filipino Seafarers  on Board Ocean-Going Vessels  
     
56 Prohibition on the Export of Iraqi Oil 12/26/1996