President Wesley W. Simina met President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. at the Malacañang Palace in Manila. The Oct. 13 meeting resulted in a 2018 labor ban on citizens of the Philippines working in the Federated States of Micronesia being lifted.
“At the outset of the meeting, President Simina raised the matter of the labor deployment ban that has prohibited citizens of the Philippines to work in the FSM since 2018, noting the crippling effect that it has had on the business sector and the FSM’s workforce since its implementation, according to a release from the Philippine Consulate General/Office of the President of the FSM.
The two governments however have been working together to resolve the issue in recent years, the release said, and that the incident that caused the labor ban was an isolated incident.
Other matters discussed included the FSM’s support of the Philippines’ candidature for the United Nations Security Council as well as its candidate for the World Health Organization Regional Director of the Western Pacific post, the release said. mbj
