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Mt. Carmel agency ceased operations in November 2014, he says (Eagle News) — The lawyer of a high-ranking official of the agency that recruited Joanna Demafelis said on Friday that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration should have assumed the responsibility of monitoring the Overseas Filipino Worker in Kuwait. In a press conference in the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters, Jude Marfil said the license to operate of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Global E-Human Resources Inc. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umaasa ang Malacañang na magkakaroon na ng linaw ang kaso ni Joanna Demafelis, ang Overseas Filipino Worker na natagpuang patay at nakasilid sa freezer ng tahanan ng kanyang amo sa Kuwait. Sa harap ito ng pagsuko ni Agnes Tuballes na diumano’y recruiter ni Demafelis sa Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na welcome development ang pagsuko ni Tuballes dahil kung nagtago ito ay […]
(Eagle News) — The woman who was reported to be the recruiter of Joanna Demafelis voluntarily went to the police on Thursday and denied the allegations against her. In a press conference at the Criminal Investigation Detection Group on Thursday, Agnes Tuballes from Iloilo said she merely referred Demafelis to one Mariz who she said helped look for Overseas Filipino Workers to be deployed abroad for Mt. Carmel Global E-Human Resources, Incorporated. She said she received […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Parusang bitay ang maaaring ihain sa mga suspek sa pagpatay sa Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) na si Joanna Demafelis sakaling mahatulang guilty sa ilalim ng Kuwaiti law. Ito ang sinabi ni Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait na si Renato Villa, aniya, nakatanggap sila ng kumpirmasyon na naaresto na sa magkahiwalay na pagtugis ang nasabing mag-asawa. Una nang inakusahan ang mag-asawang Lebanese at Syrian national na employer ni Joanna Demafelis na sila […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to locate the recruiter of deceased overseas Filipino worker Joanna Demafelis. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President wants to locate the recruiters of Demafelis in order to ascertain whether they have criminal, civil and administrative liabilities. “PRRD asked NBI to summon them,” Roque said. The order came after the employers of Demafelis were arrested on Friday night. […]
(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 […]
Seen here are some of the photos taken by Malacanang when President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of the slain overseas Filipina worker (OFW) Joanna Demafelis on February 22, where he personally condoled with the parents of the murdered Filipina. He gave them at least half a million pesos in financial assistance, and assured them that justice will be served as soon as those responsible for the abuse and killing of Joanna will be […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The employers of a Filipina maid found dead in a freezer in Kuwait were both arrested in the Syrian capital Damascus, a Lebanese judicial official said on Saturday. Syrian authorities surrendered Nader Essam Assaf to Beirut on Friday because of his Lebanese citizenship but his Syrian wife Mona remains in custody in Damascus, the official said. The murder of Joanna Demafelis sparked outrage in the Philippines and prompted President Rodrigo […]
(Eagle News)—The agency that recruited Joanna Demafelis will be held liable, the labor chief said a day after the Department of Foreign Affairs announced the arrest of her employer in Lebanon. In an interview over dzbb on Saturday, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Demafelis’ recruiters would be held accountable “civilly or administratively.” He said this was “unless Kuwaiti police have evidence to link them to the violent death of Joanna.” “Hahanapin natin yun,” he […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
