As Qatar celebrates the annual National Sports Day, this year’s celebration for Asian communities is held at Asian Town on February 14, 2017. The event was joined by members of BMKQ who participated in many sports activities.
Personal and social development is one of the major programs of the organization by promoting personal and social development through career & professional development trainings, sporting events and other related activities.
After a year from its founding, the Bayanihan ng Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon ng Qatar (BMKQ) held its First General Assembly at Bacolod Chicken Inasal, located at Barwa Building in Al Sadd, City of Doha, on October 21, 2016. The general assembly was attended by more than fifty pioneering members from the construction sector.
The highlights of the program included oath-taking ceremony of the first BMKQ elected officials, presentation of BMKQ annual programs and plans, and also a short discussion about the programs and services of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) presented by its Welfare Officer – Mrs. Leonila Robillos.
Officials from the Philippine Embassy and Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Doha attended the event.
Certificates of Participation were also distributed to the members-participants who attended and completed the one-day seminar.
BMKQ reminds the workers that while workers’ rights are guaranteed by Qatar Labor Laws, workers also have obligations to do, in addition to their compliance with the statute and norms of the host-country.
As a major mission of Bayanihan ng Manggagawa sa Konstruksyon ng Qatar (BMKQ) to promote Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) among workers in the construction sector, a one-day basic OSH training was held on June 8, 2015, in support and collaboration with Building and Wood Workers International (BWI).
The one-day OSH training was attended by more than 25 participants, Ambassador Wilfredo C. Santos, and Vice-Consul Gonar Mosul of the Philippine Embassy, and Mr. Pol De Jesus – Labor Attaché of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Doha, and other guests.
The officials of the Philippine Embassy and POLO in Qatar discussed the various programs and services of their respective offices which relate to the Filipino overseas workers in the host-country.
About a total of 140 Filipino workers from the construction and allied sectors attended the Post-Arrival Orientation Seminar (PAOS) conducted by BMKQ through the support of Building and Wood Workers International (BWI). The three-batch PAOS were culminated on May 29, 2015.
PAOS is similar to the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) given by agencies in the Philippines under the direction of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) among Filipino overseas workers before their deployment. However, PAOS is more focused on salient provisions of applicable labor and residency laws of the host-country, in addition to g occupational healthy and safety.
The conduct of PAOS had been BMKQ’s continuous programs carried out all through out the year, extended even to non-construction workers.
