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(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte is not keen on implementing a deployment ban on Kuwait. In an ANC interview on Friday, the President said there were after all efforts being done to attain justice for the death of Jeanelyn Villavende. “We do not see apathy there. And the police authorities there in Kuwait acted swiftly, and they have arrested the spouses,” the President said. Villavende was reportedly killed by her employer’s wife. Her remains were brought […]
(Eagle News)-The remains of the Overseas Filipino Worker killed in Kuwait have arrived in the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the remains of Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende, who was reportedly killed by her employer’s wife last month, arrived on Wednesday afternoon. The employer and the suspect are in jail, as authorities pursue a case against them. The DFA said it has hired a lawyer in Kuwait for the Villavende family to ensure that justice […]
(Eagle News)-The partial deployment ban on Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait also covers returning household service workers. This is according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, who gave an interview over CNN Philippines on Friday, Jan. 3. “Initially, I was inclined to exempt yung mga (the) balik-manggagawa dahil ito yung mga nagbakasyon e. But in consultation with the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) they suggested that we include even the balik-manggagawa,” Bello said. Bello had […]
(Eagle News)-Another Filipina maid has been killed in Kuwait, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA did not identify the Filipina, but said that based on reports, she had been killed by thw wife of her employer. According to the DFA, it has summoned the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Manila “to express the government’s outrage over the seeming lack of protection of our domestic workers at the hands of their employers and to press for […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — Hundreds protested in front of Kuwait’s parliament on Wednesday evening against the state’s perceived unwillingness to fight corruption, in a country where such events have periodically triggered political crises. The demonstrators called on the speaker of parliament Marzouq al-Ghanim to step down. “Resign! Resign, Marzouq, the Kuwaiti people don’t want you!”, they chanted. Other lawmakers have accused the speaker of corruption. The protesters had been mobilized by former lawmaker Saleh […]
(Eagle News)–The employer of slain Overseas Filipino Worker Joanna Demafelis has been found guilty of her murder. The Department of Foreign Affairs Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers said Syrian national Mouna Ali Hassoun was convicted by the Syrian District Criminal Court. Hassoun’s Lebanese husband, Nader Essam Assaf, has also been charged with murder in Lebanon, the DFA said. “DFA will continue to provide legal assistance to the family until justice is served,” it […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipina domestic helper who was allegedly beaten up by members of her employer’s family is being held by Kuwaiti authorities after she allegedly stabbed her employer. The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, Sept. 7, that Ulambai Singgayan from Maguindanao, who is facing felony charges, is under hospital arrest for reportedly attacking her employer who had threatened to move her to another house where she would allegedly be killed, and to have […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — A Kuwaiti social media star remained unapologetic Monday over comments she made against new laws aimed at improving conditions for Filipino domestic workers, despite a backlash on the internet. Sondo al-Qattan faces criticism for a video posted on July 10 to Instagram, where she has 2.3 million followers, in which she attacked measures introduced in May that grant Filipinas working in the oil-rich Gulf state one day off per […]
(Eagle News) — Binuksan na ng Philippine Embassy sa Kuwait ang pagpo-proseso sa mga aplikasyon ng mga nais na magtrabaho bilang domestic helper sa nasabing bansa. Kasunod ito ng mga alituntunin ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) sa mga recruitment agency kaugnay sa pangangalaga ng karapatan ng mga Filipino worker na nais magtrabaho sa Kuwait. Nakasaad sa memorandum circular ng POEA na malayang makapagsumbong ang OFWs sa mga ahensya ng Kuwait at Pilipinas kapag may […]
(Eagle News) — Nais tumungo ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa bansang Kuwait upang personal na magpasalamat sa kanilang ibinigay na proteksyon sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker. Sa kanyang meet and greet sa Filipino community sa South Korea, sinabi ng pangulo na wala siyang alinlangan na hindi tutuparin ng Kuwait ang mga pangako nito kaya’t bilang tugon ay kahit ilang oras lamang ay tutungo siya sa nasabing bansa para ipahayag ang kanyang pasasalamat. Gayunman, hindi pa […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, issued an apology to Kuwait for the “harsh language” he said he used at the height of the strained relations between the two countries. “That was a result of an emotional outburst, but I’d like to apologize now. I’m sorry for the language that I was using..,” he said in a speech before Filipinos in South Korea. According to the President, he was “very satisfied […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The guidelines for the deployment of Filipino household service workers to Kuwait will be released next week. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the revelation in a hearing by the Senate committee on labor on Wednesday, May 23, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said he had yet to see “guarantees” on the conditions agreed upon by the Philippines and Kuwait in a signed pact on May 11, before […]
