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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines will lift a ban on deploying domestic workers to Saudi Arabia and resume it in November after Riyadh agreed to boost protective measures for Filipino migrants, officials said. Manila had halted the sending of household workers last November to Saudi Arabia — a popular destination for Filipinos working abroad — after reports emerged of abuse and unpaid wages. Deployment will resume on November 7, a decision that […]
by Nioucha ZAKAVATI Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Janice Obiang stifled sobs as she packed goods to send to the Philippines, gifts for loved ones she hasn’t seen in years as life for domestic workers in virus-hit Hong Kong goes from bad to worse. Few have suffered more during Hong Kong’s pandemic restrictions than the hundreds of thousands of women from the Philippines and Indonesia who work as domestic helpers. And […]
by Jerome TAYLOR Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s foreign domestic workers are being “abandoned” in the current coronavirus wave sweeping the city, with some forced to sleep rough or being denied treatment after testing positive, charities said Friday. The warning came as Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam told residents to encourage helpers to stay indoors and said police would step up social distancing fines. The Chinese financial hub is […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong migrant worker groups on Saturday criticized plans to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory for all foreign domestic helpers, labelling the move “discriminatory and unjust”. Health officials said they were planning to roll out mandatory inoculations for the 370,000 domestic helpers in the city, mostly poorly-paid women from the Philippines and Indonesia. Those wanting to apply for work visas — or renew their current ones — would need to […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday threatened to ban Filipinas from working in the Middle East as he said Overseas Filipino Workers were being raped in Kuwait. Over two million Filipinos, many of them maids, are employed in the region, helping to prop up the Philippine economy with billions of dollars in salary remittances to their families each year. Last week, Duterte barred Filipinos from seeking work in Kuwait over reports of widespread abuse, exploitation and […]
Huwag munang magpadala ng mga domestic helper sa Kuwait. Ito ang nilalaman Ng House Resolution na inihain ni Acts OFW Partylist Rep. John Bertiz. Kasunod ng pagkakabitay sa OFW na si Jakatia Pawa kahapon. Isinusulong naman ni Muntinlupa Cong. Ruffy Biazon ang pagkakaroon ng special task force na tututok sa kaso na hinaharap ng mga OFW sa abroad. Si Madelyn Villar-Moratillo sa report:
