In President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first meeting with a Middle Eastern head of state, it wasn’t the country’s oil supply that made up “most” of the discussion. It was the Philippines’ biggest export: its labor force.
BANGKOK, Thailand – In President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first meeting with a Middle Eastern head of state, and in the middle of a global oil crisis, it wasn’t the country’s oil supply that made up “most” of the discussion. It was the Philippines’ biggest export: its labor force.
Back then, highly skilled and high educated Filipinos were finding it harder and harder to find work at home. The economy in the Philippines was facing hard times and Martial Law had been placed over the country, curtailing civic and human rights. Marcos had said before winning the 2022 elections that he wanted to reintroduce the “old system” of retraining returning Overseas Filipino Workers should they plan on securing new contracts abroad, and of pinpointing what type of labor is needed the most overseas.
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