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Partial deployment ban on OFWs to Kuwait covers returning household service workers — Bello

(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 […]

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Duterte: Ban on deployment of OFWs to Kuwait stays permanently

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, April 29, said the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait would “stay permanently.” The President made the announcement upon his arrival from Singapore, where he attended the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The announcement came after the President urged OFWs there to come home in a speech before the Filipino community in Singapore. “My only concern is to get them back safely, all of […]

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PHL vows respect for Kuwait as President Duterte meets Kuwaiti ambassador in Davao

(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 […]

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