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Ex-labor exec calls for 'safer, rights-based markets' for OFWs

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Posted at Jan 18 06:02 PM

MANILA - The Philippine government should find other market options for Filipino workers who are going to be affected by the total deployment ban in Kuwait. Read more »

PH gov't urged to identify alternative markets for OFWs amid Kuwait deployment ban

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Posted at Jan 18 05:17 PM

Susan Ople, head of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, is calling on the Philippine government to find alternative markets for Filipino household workers. Read more »

Duterte aprubado ang total deployment ban sa Kuwait

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Posted at Jan 17 06:29 PM

Aprubado kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang isinulong ng DOLE na total deployment ban sa Kuwait, kasunod ng karumaldumal na sinapit ng Pinay worker na si Jeanelyn Villavende sa kamay ng kaniyang employer.  Read more »

Duterte greenlights deployment ban to Kuwait

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 03:10 PM

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the labor department’s call for a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait following the death of a household worker there, Malacañang said Friday.   Read more »

Ilang OFW umapela na payagang makabalik sa trabaho sa Kuwait

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Posted at Jan 17 02:56 AM

Umaalma ang maraming overseas Filipino worker sa ipinatutupad na total deployment ban sa Kuwait. Read more »

'Cover-up' in OFW's slay prompted Kuwait ban: Labor chief

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Updated as of Jan 16 12:15 PM

A"cover-up" in the death of a Filipina maid allegedly in the hands of her employers in Kuwait prompted the Philippine government to ban the deployment of workers there, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Thursday.    Read more »

Total ban: PH stops sending Filipino workers to Kuwait in wake of Pinay's slay

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Updated as of Jan 15 03:38 PM

The Philippine government has prohibited all migrant workers to be deployed to Kuwait following the death of a household worker there, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Wednesday. Read more »

OFW na 'namatay sa gulpi' sa Kuwait minolestiya din: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 06:44 PM

Dahil sa resulta ng awtopsiya, nanggagalaiting sinabi ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello na plano niyang irekomenda ang total deployment ban ng household service workers pa-Kuwait. Read more »

Bello wants permanent OFW deployment ban to Kuwait after 'fake, dishonest' autopsy report

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Posted at Jan 11 10:18 PM

The labor chief said Friday he doubted the credibility of Kuwaiti forensic doctors after they sent a two-sentence report of the autopsy conducted on Jeanelyn Villavende which said the Filipina worker died of "physical injuries." Read more »

Total deployment ban of OFWs to Kuwait looms as officials wait for autopsy result on slain OFW

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Updated as of Jan 12 01:37 AM

The labor chief reportedly stressed that Villavende suffered greatly under her employers and this made him inclined to suggest a total ban for OFWs to Kuwait. However, Bello said that they will still wait for the official result of the autopsy. Read more »

US lawmaker: Senate united in condemnation of Duterte administration's troubling behavior

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Posted at Jan 10 11:51 PM

The Duterte administration denounced the passage of a US Senate resolution which calls for sanctions on Philippine officials tagged in the detention of opposition Filipino senator Leila de Lima. Read more »

Duterte says Kuwait response to Pinay death better this time

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Posted at Jan 10 06:14 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed satisfaction over Kuwait's response to the death of a Filipino worker there, citing swift action on the latest case compared to previous incidents.    Read more »

Remains of Filipina slain in Kuwait arrives home as relatives cry for justice

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Updated as of Jan 09 12:33 PM

Weeping relatives of a Filipina maid allegedly mauled to death by her employer in Kuwait demanded justice on Thursday as her remains arrived in their hometown in General Santos City. Read more »

'Villavende bumigay ang puso, baga dahil sa maraming injuries'

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Posted at Jan 07 08:34 PM

Ayon sa embalment certificate, bumigay ang puso at baga ng OFW na si Jeanelyn Villavende dahil sa tinamong maraming injuries sa katawan. Read more »

Parañaque City announces ban on single-use plastic starting June

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 02:55 PM

Following the lead of other cities in Metro Manila, Paranaque City is now banning single-use plastic in all commercial establishments in the area. Read more »

Locsin: Allowing foreigners to enter Philippines without visa is ‘wrong’

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Updated as of Jan 04 07:25 PM

"Visa free, visas upon arrival, they are wrong. Every country is entitled to control their borders and we just gave it up," the foreign affairs secretary said. Read more »

Ex-labor official: PH needs department dedicated to Filipino migrant workers

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Updated as of Jan 04 05:01 PM

Susan Ople of the Blas Ople Policy Center and Training Institute welcomes the Philippines' move to impose a partial deployment ban to Kuwait. Read more »

Ex-labor official calls for better protection, monitoring of OFWs after Pinay death in Kuwait

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Updated as of Jan 07 01:44 PM

MANILA - An advocate of Filipino migrant workers (OFWs) on Saturday called for a strengthened monitoring and protection mechanism following the death domestic worker Jeanelyn Villavende in the hands of her employer in Kuwait.   Read more »

PH to seek template contract for OFWs in Kuwait after work ban

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Posted at Jan 03 11:48 PM

The partial ban on deploying Filipino household workers to Kuwait is now in effect following the death of another Filipino migrant employee. Read more »

Wrong court: SC junks petitions vs MMDA provincial bus ban along EDSA

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 03 11:30 PM

The SC en banc dismissed 3 separate petitions filed by AKO BICOL PARTY-LIST, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda and Bayan Muna Party-list chair Neri Colmenares and others because they violated the high court’s doctrine of hierarchy of courts, based on excerpts of the Court’s December 3, 2019 resolution provided to the media on Friday. Read more »