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(Eagle News)—-The Department of Foreign Affairs said a Filipina household service worker died after she fell from the flat of her employer in Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the DFA said based on a report from the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah, the Filipina, whose name has been withheld pending notification of her next of kin, fell from the sixth-floor apartment in Madinah on Friday, April 27. She was brought to the hospital at 3:30 p.m. […]
Also seek “thorough review” of RA 8042, bilateral pacts between PHL, Middle Eastern countries (Eagle News) — Two lawmakers from the Gabriela Women’s Party-list on Thursday, April 26, urged a House of Representatives panel to conduct an inquiry into the reported abuses against household service workers in the Middle East. Resolution No. 1830 that also seeks a “thorough review” of Republic Act No. 8042 or the Household Workers Policy Reform Package, and of bilateral agreements […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has already summoned Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh but failed to talk to him as he was already recalled by the Kuwaiti government. The DFA said that it had served a “diplomatic note” to the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Manila only to learn that Kuwaiti Ambassador had been “recalled to his capital for consultations.” In a statement, the DFA said it conveyed […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs will ask the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Philippines to explain why the Kuwaiti government is expelling Philippine ambassador Renato Villa who was declared as “unacceptable” in Kuwait. The DFA said this action by the State of Kuwait was “deeply disturbing” as it was allegedly “inconsistent with the assurances” given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting DFA secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in Manila […]
(Eagle News) — “Uncalled for and unwarranted.” This was how Senator Chiz Escudero described Kuwait’s moves to expel Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa, and to recall its Manila representative. In a statement on Thursday, April 26, Escudero said this was because they took place after President Rodrigo Duterte himself issued an apology over the rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers which Kuwait deemed illegal. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy administrator Arnel Ignacio said the rescue was a […]
(Eagle News) — “Deeply disturbing.” This was how the Department of Foreign Affairs described Kuwait’s reported move to expel Philippine ambassador Renato Villa, and the recall of the Middle Eastern country’s representative in Manila. In a statement early Thursday, the DFA said “the action taken by the Kuwaiti government,” was, after all, “inconsistent with the assurances given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting with (Foreign Affairs) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in […]
Also expels ambassador in Manila (Eagle News) –Kuwait is expelling Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa amid tensions arising over the treatment of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country. News agency KUNA added Kuwait was also expelling its ambassador in Manila, even after the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs gave its assurance it would respect the country after it protested Philippine Embassy officials’ alleged illegal rescue of OFWs there, and their remarks that allegedly constituted […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano apologized to the government and people of Kuwait on Tuesday, April 24, “for some actions taken by the Philippine embassy,” particularly a posted and shared video of embassy staff helping Filipinos fleeing from their allegedly abusive employers in Kuwait. “I apologize to my counterpart and we apologize to the Kuwaiti government, the Kuwaiti people and the leaders of Kuwait if they were offended by some […]
(Eagle News)—-The Philippine government has assured Kuwait that it respects the “sovereignty” of the state and the “dignity of the Kuwaiti people.” The renewed assurances were given in a meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Philippines Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh in Davao on Monday night, April 23. The meeting comes days after Philippine ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa was sent protest notes by the Kuwaiti government over remarks made by Foreign […]
(Eagle News)–The Kuwaiti government has summoned the Philippine ambassador to the Middle Eastern country. A report on Kuwaiti News Agency said the ambassador was also handed protest notes over the recent remarks of several Filipino officials which the report said “entailed serious offenses against the State.” The report said the protest notes were also over the “actions made by some Philippine embassy’s employees in violation of the diplomatic norms governing the relations of the two countries as […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakahanda umanong bumisita si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Kuwait para saksihan ang lagdaan ng kasunduan na magpo-protekta sa Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) sa gitnang silangan. Inanunsyo ito ng Pangulo sa harap ng dalawang libong OFWs na dinalaw nito sa Hong Kong kahapon, Abril 12. Ayon sa Pangulo, nagdesisyon siyang magtungo sa Kuwait matapos sang-ayunan ng Kuwaiti government ang mga kondisyon ng Pilipinas bago alisin ang total deployment ban sa mga […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday, April 12, that he would witness the signing of an agreement for the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait. “Maganda naman. To give honor din sa Kuwaiti government. I’ll go there to witness the signing,” Duterte said. He said he would go to witness the signing “anytime.” According to Duterte, one of the Philippine government demands is for the OFWs to have a one day-off […]
