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Cayetano: PHL diplomats behind OFW rescues in Kuwait face kidnapping charges in Middle Eastern country

(Eagle News) — The diplomats behind the rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait are facing kidnapping charges. This is according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, who spoke to reporters upon the arrival of Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa. Villa was expelled from the Middle Eastern country following what Kuwaiti authorities said were illegal operations. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy administrator Arnel Ignacio said Kuwait deems the operations as such because its […]

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PHL ambassador to Kuwait expelled for not responding to Kuwaiti gov’t’s request — report

(Eagle News) — Philippine ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa was expelled from the Middle Eastern country because the Philippine embassy did not respond to the Kuwaiti government’s  request that the names of the Filipinos who had “committed the offense of smuggling Filipina workers in three months” be delivered, a report said. The act of smuggling cited by the report published on KUNA was apparently made in reference to the Philippine embassy’s rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers […]

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