OFW Saudi Claimants Demand Replacement of DMW Officials

 Now that the Saudi Government started paying the Saudi Claimants from Saudi Oger ex-employees it seems that the long overdue payment of unpaid salaries for OFW's are near and yet so far. Those claimants who are still in Saudi Arabia managed to get their cash from Alinma Bank but those who are in the Philippines received their cheque through DHL but the cheque is in Saudi Riyals and the local banks are not accepting it. Some managed to deposit the cheque in the Landbank of the Philippines but the cheque was returned to them. 

There are still more ex-employees from Saudi Oger who are yet to receive their pay cheques and more claimants from other companies like MMG, Arabtec, J&P etc. are yet to receive any information from the Department of Migrant Workers if they will get paid as promised by Saudi Government that nine construction companies that went on bankruptcy will get paid.

The only time DMW officials will give information is when the spokesperson of claimants from different companies will chase them to hold a meeting. The supposed to be focal person, USec Olalia never gave any update at least on the DMW page about the Status of the Claims. Earlier they have mentioned that the payment would be Government to Government but it never happened and they were not aware that the Ministry of Finance already started processing the payment.

The OFWs who were considered "bagong bayani" deserved better service from better officials who were compassionate enough to deal with the issues of OFWs.

Saudi Oger Claimants How to Get your Pay Cheque

How do Saudi Oger Claimants can get their payment via Cheque through Alinma Bank according to online data provided by Saudi Oger Claimants groups.

The Ministry of Justice has released the approved list of the first group.It initially contains the names of 12,578 people sorted by their claim number.

وزارة العدل کی جانب سے پہلے گروپ کی مقبول فہرست جاری کی گئی ہے۔

جس میں ابتدائی طور پر 12,578 لوگوں کے نام موجود ہیں جنہیں اُن کے کلیم نمبر کے حساب سے ترتیب دیا گیا ہے۔

 According to one post from the group member, all 1st batch claimants of SOL, email notifications from saudi oger bankruptcy have already been forwarded to their respective email addresses registered in ehqaq, so kindly check your email, if you didn’t receive means you are not included in 1st batch.

After 14 days from a court ruling, they can receive another email from them, maybe asking to modify ehqaq to input the personal account number or they ask the claimants' account number in email (both ways.

Mr. Tagayan reiterated from his post that as per trustee chairman Mr. Shabani, the payment will be direct to the claimants, this is their stand/decision since 2021 up to their last conversation last three months ago.

Beware of Saudi Oger Claim Scammer

How to claim your money from the Saudi Oger ehqaq tutorial.

Most of Saudi Oger unpaid salary claimants are posting the names of approved names from Ehqaq and Scammers are taking advantage of the situation and sending messages via Whatsapp asking for personal information from claimants.

If you are unsure from a call or text messages it is better to verify the matter with the ehqaq customer service. 

The best thing to do if you have any inquiries about your claims information. Just go to the official website of SAUDI OGER www.saudiogerb.com please find the attached picture below. However, according to some claimants, the messages from DHL via WhatsApp are legitimate and some of the claimants already received their cheques delivered via DHL.

1.) press the chatbox
2.) press any word hi and hello
3.) press english
4.) press 3
5.) press 9

Wait until the bankruptcy receptionist will arrived (customer care representative-agent) ask any question related to your claims for saudi oger see example below.

- I forgot my claims number can you give me?
- What is my status of my claims?
- What is needed to update my file in order to complete my file in bankruptcy system (ehqaq)?
- Do i have an account here, please check in your system?
- How does the payment will work to be disbursement to the workers?
- How much my claims total in RIYAL?
- I'am going to exit in KSA is there anything else that i should update?
- Do i have a record in your system?
- How can i view my full records of claim?
- Is my claims is ok?
- Is my claims added in the list?
- I forget my password can you retrieve or reset and send to my email account in gmail/yahoo

you can choose any of these remarks to ask any inquiries to them.

 

GoPro 12 HyperSmooth 6.0 Video Stabilization

Time flies, it seems only yesterday when I got my very first GoPro Camera Hero and now the version already jumped to Hero 12.

The new GoPro Hero 12 features HyperSmooth 6.0 which gives you impossibly smooth footage no matter how rough it gets. With AutoBoost and Horizon Lock built-in, you get the widest shot possible using video stabilization and your footage stays level, even if your camera rotates a full 360°.

Get 4x slo-mo—that’s 120 frames per second—at a ridiculously high 4K resolution. You can also ramp up the slo-mo to 8x—240 frames per second—at 2.7K.

• Includes HERO12 Black camera, Enduro Rechargeable Battery, curved adhesive mount, mounting buckle + thumb screw and USB-C cable
• HDR (High Dynamic Range) Video + Photo for more vivid images
• Longer runtimes, including 1.5 hours at 5.3K30 and over 2.5 hours at 1080p30²
• Optional Max Lens Mod 2.0 lens accessory enables ultra wide angle, 177-degree field of view in 4K60
• New Bluetooth audio support for AirPods + other Bluetooth audio devices for wireless sound recording and voice control
• 5.3K60, 4K120 and 2.7K240 video resolutions
• HyperSmooth 6.0 video stabilization with 360° Horizon Lock³
• Large image sensor captures ultra wide 156° field of view in 8:7
• 27 megapixel photos with 24.7 megapixel stills from video
• Waterproof to 33ft + legendary GoPro ruggedness
• New Timecode Sync to wirelessly synchronize multiple HERO12 Black cameras at once
• GP-Log and LUT support
• A microSD card is required, but not included

With HyperSmooth 6.0, HERO12 Black automatically ensures you get the widest shots possible while using video stabilization depending on your speed and movement in the scene.

DITO going PISO?

 Does DITO Telecommunications' Philippine stock price, going to hit One Peso? The DITO stock price hit P2.020 peso on September 18,2023.

I bought my 20,000 shares with an average of P8.00 pesos and now I'm losing P108,000 already due to the continuous drop of DITO's stock price. It drops 0.050 (-2.42%) at 2:40 p.m. PHST from its previous closing price of  P2.070. 

The current volume is P9542k which is 45% vs Average. Sixty-five-day average is 2.14M. 

DITO CME Holdings Corp. engages in the provision of information technology, multimedia telecommunications, and other similar industries. The company was founded on January 3, 1925 and is headquartered in Taguig, Philippines.

DMW Warns Public for Fake Job Offer from Maritime Firm

 Officer in Charge Hans Leo Cacdac lead the DMW team in shutting down fake maritime consultancy that offers fake jobs. The advisory was released by the Department of Migrant Workers on 07 September 2023.

An applicant named, Ernesto stated that he was promised by RTM a job as Chief Cook onboard a container vessel in Dubai with a monthly salary of US$900, or the equivalent of P51,300. In exchange, Ernesto was asked to pay a total of P105,000 at RTM’s office representing alleged “consultancy” fees for finding him the overseas job.

Dino, meanwhile, applied for the position of Engine Cadet with a promised salary of US$350, or approximately P20,000, per month. He was asked by RTM to cough up P140,000 as consultation fee for the job placement.

𝐃𝐌𝐖 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) this morning closed down the offices of R. T. M. Maritime Consultancy Services Corp (RTM, for short) for alleged illegal recruitment activities and unauthorized collection of fees.

The closure operation was led by DMW Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac along with Undersecretary Bernard P. Olalia, head of the DMW’s Licensing and Adjudication Services cluster, Assistant Secretary Francis de Guzman, and Atty. Geraldine Mendez, Chief of the department’s Migrant Workers Protection Bureau (MWPB).

With the assistance of personnel from the  Parañaque City police and Barangay Sto. Niño officials, Cacdac padlocked RTM’s offices located at the 2nd floor of the J & P Building along Ninoy Aquino Avenue in Santo Nino, Paranaque City.

“We cannot allow these unlicensed agencies posing as ‘consultancy firms’ to continue offering supposedly lucrative job postings to our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and goading them to pay excessive amounts of money. This is criminal and unconscionable,” Cacdac said.

The closure comes in the wake of email complaints sent separately by “Ernesto” and “Dindo” (not their real names) to the DMW earlier this year.

Both Ernesto and Dino applied for their alleged jobs in the first quarter of 2023. After waiting several months for their deployment, they decided to file their complaints with the DMW.

The department conducted initial surveillance operations of RTM’s activities in March while a follow-up surveillance operation was undertaken in June to bolster the DMW’s case against RTM.

In summary, the DMW determined that RTM does not have a valid license  or accreditation from the department; it received and processed applications and referred these to its partner manning agency; and it collected “consultation” fees ranging from P105,000 to as much as P140,000 from their applicants who were promised fake jobs as seafarers in Dubai – this despite a no placement fee policy for seafarers.

Charges of illegal recruitment are being readied against the officers and personnel of RTM Maritime Consultancy Corp.

The DMW is also urging other victims of RTM Maritime Consultancy Corp to visit the Migrant Workers Protection Bureau (MWPB) so they may be assisted in filing their complaints and cases against the illegal recruitment agency. They may also be contacted through their Facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/airbranch or email at mwpb@dmw.gov.ph and also through