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Three diplomats charged over OFW rescue to return to PHL, Bello says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 16, ordered the total lifting of the ban on the deployment of Overseas Workers Filipinos to Kuwait. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said it was Duterte himself who ordered Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to totally lift the ban, upon recommendation of Special Envoy to Kuwait Abdullah Mama-o. The move comes a day after the government […]
(Eagle News) — Asahan umano ang mabuting ibubunga sa ekonomiya ng bansa ang pagtanggal ng gobyerno sa deployment ban sa Kuwait. Ito ay matapos magkasundo ang Pilipinas at Kuwait na lagdaan ang memorandum of agreement (MOA) para sa proteksyon ng karapatan at kapakanan ng Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Ayon kay Quezon City Representative Winnie Castelo, Vice-Chairman ng House Committee on OFWs ang pagtanggal sa deployment ban para sa mga skilled at semi-skilled workers ay makabubuti […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte said he was open to lifting the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait. In a speech in Marawi, a transcript of which was sent to reporters on Friday, May 11, Duterte said this was if a pact ensuring the protection of Filipino workers there is signed between the two countries. He said the agreement should ensure that all OFWs would have one day-off, seven hours of sleep […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait stays until a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the minimum terms and conditions of employment of Philippine nationals in Kuwait is reached or signed. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Philippine and Kuwaiti officials are also continuing negotiations and talks on the matter, as he stressed that the Philippines was still trying to normalize ties with the Gulf […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, April 29, said the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait would “stay permanently.” The President made the announcement upon his arrival from Singapore, where he attended the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The announcement came after the President urged OFWs there to come home in a speech before the Filipino community in Singapore. “My only concern is to get them back safely, all of […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said he will oppose any recommendation for the partial lifting of the deployment ban on Filipino workers to Kuwait. He issued the statement after a court in Kuwait sentenced to death by hanging the Lebanese man and his Syrian wife who were responsible for the killing of overseas Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis. “We’re thankful that justice has been served for Joanna. Our task now is to […]
(Eagle News) — The ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers stays despite a Kuwait court conviction of a couple believed responsible for the death of Joanna Demafelis. This is according to Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who held a press conference on Monday, a day after the court sentenced Nader Essam Assaf and his Syrian wife to death by hanging for the crime that has led to a souring of diplomatic relations […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine and Kuwaiti governments will be signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this month. “In two weeks, the panels agreed to have the signing most likely in Kuwait,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in an interview on Friday, March 16. Bello said that labor officials from both countries approved the final MOU draft on that same day after a two-day negotiation […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Maaaring ipatupad ng pamahalaan ang deployment ban sa iba pang bansa sa Middle East na may mataas na kaso ng pag-abuso at pag-maltrato sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). Sinabi ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na posible nilang palawigin ang deployment ban kung mabibigo ang ibang bansa na palakasin ang proteksyon sa karapatan at kapakanan ng mga Pilipinong manggagawa. Partikular na tinukoy ng kalihim ang Saudi Arabia kung saan […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has leads on the location of the recruiters of Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis. This is according to PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa, who spoke in a press conference on Monday. Dela Rosa, however, refused to elaborate what information the Criminal Investigation of Detection Group had for fear disclosing such would disrupt police operations. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has said the recruiters of Demafelis, who was found […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the possible liabilities of the agency that recruited Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait. Aguirre gave the order to probe Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Global E-Human Resources Inc. through Department Order 102 issued on Monday. “…The (NBI), through Director Dante A. Gierran, is hereby […]
KUWAIT CiTY, Kuwait (AFP)–A delegation of Philippine labor officials were in Kuwait City Sunday to assess the impact of a new ban on Filipinos working in the emirate, a source of much-needed remittances. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month announced a departure ban for Filipinos planning to work in Kuwait, after the murder there of 29-year-old Joanna Demafelis. Her body was found in a freezer and a Lebanese-Syrian couple suspected of her murder have been […]
