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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte personally extended his condolences to the family of Joanna Demafelis, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was killed in Kuwait, when he visited the latter’s wake in Sara, Iloilo. The President also gave Joanna’s family half a million pesos in financial and burial assistance, and also promised the parents of the slain OFW that he will be the one to shoulder the expenses needed to complete the reconstruction of […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called for a review of all labor policies of the government in countries where there are Overseas Filipino Workers. Gatchalian made the call a day after it was revealed in a joint Senate panel hearing that 196 Filipinos had died in Kuwait in the last three years. The hearing was held by the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, and Committee […]
(Eagle News) — Administrative charges will be filed against the three labor officials who reportedly did not take action on the report in 2017 that Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis was missing. When asked during the Senate labor committee hearing on Wednesday if charges would be filed against labor attache Alejandro Padaid, assistant labor attache Lily Pearl Guerrero and welfare officer Sara Concepcion after they failed to act on the information given by Demafelis’ sister, […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that the deployment ban on Filipino workers to Kuwait stands, but said he may consider lifting it if both governments would come up with a “complete agreement” that would ensure the safety and welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). “Until I’m sure that everything…we’ll have to come up with an agreement that would be complete. Pass ports taken by the employer, no day-off, they are only […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday floated the possibility of extending the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to other countries. “The (deployment) ban will continue and it will extend to other countries. It will be difficult for them..Wala akong kaplano na ipadala kayo [OFW] doon tapos babuyin kayo. Hindi ko style ‘yan,” Duterte said in a speech during the founding anniversary celebration of the Chinese Filipino Business Club Inc. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dumating na sa bansa ang labi ni Joanna Demafelis, ang Overseas Filipino Workers na natagpuang patay sa loob ng isang freezer sa Kuwait. Pasado alas-10:00 kaninang umaga nang lumapag sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 1 ang eroplano ng Gulf Air Flight GF-154 lulan ang labi ni Demafelis. Agad namang ililipad ang bangkay patungo sa Sara, Iloilo kung saan naghihintay ang pamilya ni Joanna. Sinabi naman ni Presidential Spokesman […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait was “necessary.” The Philippines, however, “must be prepared to handle the consequences” for trade relations. According to Drilon, although he “do(es) not know what the details of the trade relations between the two countries” are, “certainly, from (his) experience before, these accepting countries would resort to all kinds of pressure on the Philippines.” “We […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday said that Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait who are only currently on vacation in the Philippines can leave and return to their jobs. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente made the announcement after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) issued a directive exempting “Balik Manggagawa” passengers from the total deployment ban of Filipino workers to the Middle Eastern country. According to Morente, he has instructed Marc Red Mariñas, BI […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it will strictly implement the total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait, and would look out for those who would attempt to go to the Middle Eastern country to work, in all the international airports and seaports nationwide. “All immigration officers have been directed to prevent the departure of all OFWs bound for Kuwait,” BI port operations division chief Marc Red […]
(Eagle News) — The government is about to ink an agreement with China to allow for the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers there. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the revelation in an interview over dzbb on Saturday, a day after a visibly angry President Rodrigo Duterte said the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait would stay. This was after the body of a Filipina was discovered in an apartment freezer in […]
President makes announcement following discovery of a Filipina in an apartment freezer in oil-rich country (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said that the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait would continue, noting that he was “ready to take drastic steps” to preserve OFW lives. “If a ban is what is needed then let it be so,” a visibly angry Duterte said in a speech following news about the […]
(Eagle News) — The woman who was discovered in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait has been identified. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that based on a DNA test, the body was Joanna Daniela Dimapilis’. Dimapilis’ body was found during an inspection of the premises of justice staff in compliance with a court order to re-possess the apartment. Media reports in Kuwait said the unit had been vacant since November 2016. A […]
