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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) — The woman who was discovered in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait has been identified. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that based on a DNA test, the body was Joanna Daniela Dimapilis’. Dimapilis’ body was found during an inspection of the premises of justice staff in compliance with a court order to re-possess the apartment. Media reports in Kuwait said the unit had been vacant since November 2016. A […]
(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 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Magsasagawa ng isang job fair ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) para sa mga overseas Filipino worker na naghahanap-buhay sa Middle East. Ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello, ito ay upang mahikayat ang mga OFW sa gitnang silangan na umuwi na ng Pilipinas at dito na lamang magtrabaho. Isasagawa ang malakihang job fair sa Qatar na tatagal ng isang lingo. Tinatayang nasa 18 libong trabaho ang inihanda ng DOLE […]
(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 fulfilled his earlier promise to the country’s overseas Filipino workers when he led the ceremonial opening of the Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank) in Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila on Thursday, January 18. “Mga kababayan ko, I made simple promises during the election. I am not into politics but I would just like to remind you that I kept my campaign very simple, with about four basic fundamental promises and I […]
(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. […]
KALIBO, Aklan (Eagle News) – Umabot na sa halos isang milyon ang mga turistang bumisita sa isla ng Boracay sa loob lamang ng kalahating taon. Sa ulat ng Provincial Tourism Office, mula Enero hanggang Hunyo nitong taon (2017), ang tourist arrivals sa Boracay ay umabot na sa mahigit 947,000. Mas mataas ang bilang na ito ng 12.48 % kumpara sa bilang ng mga turista sa parehong panahon sa nakalipas na taon. Nasa 842,000 ang mga turistang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment is set to send augmentation forces to different Philippine overseas labor offices in the Middle East. This as a diplomatic crisis hounded the region, with Saudi Arabia and several of its allies cutting ties with Qatar, which was accused of supporting terrorist groups. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that contingency measures were already in place, including the repatriation of more than 50, 000 overseas Filipino […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine government is closely monitoring the situation in Qatar, after Saudi Arabia, and five other Gulf countries cut ties with it on Monday over accusations it supported extremism and terrorist groups. The countries which have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen and the Maldives. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that they are ready to give whatever aid they […]
