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(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the death of Overseas Filipino Worker Jeanelyn Villavende in Kuwait. In Department Order No. 9, Guevarra also ordered the NBI to determine if the recruitment agency and its employees and officers responsible for her placement abroad committed any violations of the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 or other laws. […]
(Eagle News)-The Department of Labor and Employment will implement a partial deployment ban on Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the announcement following the death of Filipina domestic helper Jeanelyn Villavende. Bello said under the partial deployment ban, the deployment of new OFWs will not be allowed. “We will allow the return of the balik manggagawa saka skilled workers pero new di muna tayo magdedeploy,” Bello said. He said the […]
