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(Eagle News) — The government is about to ink an agreement with China to allow for the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers there. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the revelation in an interview over dzbb on Saturday, a day after a visibly angry President Rodrigo Duterte said the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait would stay. This was after the body of a Filipina was discovered in an apartment freezer in […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday pledged government help to evacuate Filipinos wanting to leave Kuwait, blasting the Gulf state for “inhuman” treatment of migrant workers after reports of a gruesome killing in the country. Duterte, who last month temporarily banned citizens from traveling to Kuwait to work, said 120 workers had died in the country last year and that the body of one Philippine woman had been found stuffed into a freezer in recent days. […]
President makes announcement following discovery of a Filipina in an apartment freezer in oil-rich country (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said that the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait would continue, noting that he was “ready to take drastic steps” to preserve OFW lives. “If a ban is what is needed then let it be so,” a visibly angry Duterte said in a speech following news about the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has been invited to Kuwait amid the temporary suspension in the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers there. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the trip was “in the offing,” following the President’s meeting with Kuwait Ambassador to the Philippines Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh on Wednesday. Roque said he did not know what the details of the bilateral meeting were. “I guess Kuwait wants to assure the President that Philippine nationals are protected […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine Honorary Consul in Maldives Abdulla Salih said that Filipinos in the island-nation remain safe despite the fact that the country declared a state of emergency due to political crisis. According to Salih, the situations in its capital city, Male and in the entire nation remain “business as usual.” Aside from this, the official also said that there’s no curfew being implemented in the island. Salih encouraged Filipinos in […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iniimbestigahan ng Labor Attaché sa Kuwait ang pagkamatay ng mga OFW sa Kuwait. Ito ay batay sa atas na rin ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) na naging bunsod ng deployment ban sa Kuwait. Ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, binigyan niya ng isang linggo hanggang 15 araw ang Labor Attaché doon para magsagawa ng imbestigasyon. Nito lamang Miyerkules, nagbabala si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na aalisin ang lahat […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment on Friday announced a suspension of deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued Administrative Order No. 25 on Friday afternoon suspending the sending of OFWs to Kuwait pending the investigation on the deaths of seven OFWs in Kuwait. The order read, “In the interest of justice, pending the investigation of the cause of deaths of the following Overseas Filipino Workers […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he was mulling imposing a total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait following reports of sexual abuses of OFWs there. According to Duterte, the country “lost” four female OFWs in Kuwait in four months. “My advice is, either we talk to them, state the truth, and just tell them that it’s not acceptable anymore or we impose a total ban,” he said. […]
(Eagle News) – The Overseas Filipino Bank is set to launched tomorrow, January 18, ready to provide financial and remittance services tailored to the needs of overseas Filipino workers, according to the Department of Finance The launch will happen Thursday afternoon at the PostBank Center in Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila. “We recognize the contribution of our overseas Filipinos to our economic growth we are now enjoying; and related to this, we acknowledge their financial needs,” Roque […]
(Eagle News) – The bank that will cater to the needs of overseas Filipino workers promised by President Rodrigo Duterte will soon be a reality. Malacanang released on Monday, October 9, Executive Order No. 44, which approved the acquisition of Philippine Postal Savings Bank (PPSB) and its conversion into the Overseas Filipino Bank (OFB) President Rodrigo Duterte signed EO No. 44 on September 28 this year, or almost a year after the President first […]
by Laura Mannering Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Each Sunday, a choir of Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong gathers to sing songs that remind them of the children they left back home. Known as the “Unsung Heroes”, these initially shy performers now regularly take the stage around Hong Kong and feature in a new documentary about the lives of the city’s maids, known locally as “helpers”. The theme of maternal sacrifice […]
(Eagle News) — The United Arab Emirates has enacted a new labor law that the Department of Foreign Affairs said will be beneficial to some overseas Filipino workers. The new law provides for payment of wages within 10 days from the day they are due, 12 hours of rest per day; medical insurance, including 30 medical leaves per year; a round-trip ticket home every two years; one day of paid rest per week; and possession […]
