Tag: OFWs

Expelled Ambassador to Kuwait Villa arrives in PHL

(Eagle News) — Ambassador Renato Villa returned to the Philippines on Wednesday, May 2. This was after he was expelled by the Kuwaiti government in protest of the Philippine embassy’s rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers there. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy administrator Arnel Ignacio said Kuwait deems the move illegal since Kuwaiti authorities were not informed about the same. According to Villa, he looked forward to the two countries working together “in securing and providing […]

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Kuwait’s foreign ministry officials meet with PHL adviser on OFWs to resolve labor row

  (Eagle News) —  Officials of the Kuwaiti government met with the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and other Philippine officials on Tuesday, May 1, to discuss the recent labor row between the two countries. Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met with the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Abdullah Mamao and his accompanying delegation and discussed ways on how to continue the friendly relations of the two countries and overcome […]

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It will allow us to “move forward,” Cayetano says of Kuwaiti official’s call for calm amid tensions in PHL-Kuwaiti relations

(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed on Tuesday, May 1, the call for calm of a Kuwaiti official amid tensions between the Philippines and the Middle Eastern country, saying it would allow both countries to “move forward.” In a statement, Cayetano said  Kuwait’s “gesture,” through Deputy Foreign Minister Nasser al-Subaih, “will allow us to hurdle the challenges we face.” Cayetano noted that Kuwait was “a country with which we have a shared history […]

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Palace: Deployment ban to Kuwait stays until MOU is signed; diplomatic talks with Kuwait continue

    (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait stays until a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the minimum terms and conditions of employment of Philippine nationals in Kuwait is reached or signed. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Philippine and Kuwaiti officials are also continuing negotiations and talks on the matter, as he stressed that the Philippines was still trying to normalize ties with the Gulf […]

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Senate to probe officials behind social media upload of OFW rescue ops video in Kuwait

(Eagle News) — Senate officials want to investigate those behind the uploading in social media of the controversial rescue operation of distressed Filipino workers in Kuwait. This came about as some lawmakers said that officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs workers who were behind this should be fired. Senator Nancy Binay said she is planning to file a resolution seeking an investigation on the matter. “Baka maganda sa pagbalik namin sa Senado sa May […]

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Pimentel: Qatar, Saudi Arabia could serve as “intermediaries” between PHL, Kuwait

(Eagle News) – Senate President Koko Pimentel on Monday, April 30, said Qatar or Saudi Arabia could serve as “intermediaries” between the Philippines and Kuwait. Pimentel made the statement following what appears to be a straining of relations between the Asian country and the Gulf state stemming from the abuse of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country. Kuwait has ordered the expulsion of Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa and the recall of its Manila […]

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President Duterte to OFWs in Kuwait: Come home

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 28, urged Filipinos in Kuwait to come home after the Middle Eastern country expressed outrage over the rescue of abused Overseas Filipino Workers there. But the President, in a speech before the Filipino community in Singapore, noted that he harbored no hatred toward Kuwait, to which he said he “owed a debt of gratitude.” “Salamat to the government of Kuwait. Thank you for your generosity in the […]

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Bello: Russia being eyed as new destination for Filipino workers

(Eagle News) — Russia is being eyed as a new destination for Overseas Filipino Workers. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the statement on Wednesday, April 26. “Negotiations with (the) Russian Federation are ongoing….,” he said, noting that a technical working group was already looking at Russia’s labor market policies. Members of the TWG, Bello said, will meet to hopefully come up with a pact on the deployment of OFWs in Russia, where the labor […]

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Escudero says Kuwait’s expulsion of PHL ambassador, recall of Manila rep “uncalled for and unwarranted”

(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 […]

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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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“Deeply disturbing,” DFA says of Kuwait’s expulsion of PHL ambassador, recall of Middle Eastern country’s rep in Manila

(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 […]

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President Duterte to personally witness signing of pact on protection of OFWs in Kuwait

(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 […]

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