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Mga OFW sa Kuwait natuwa sa pag-alis ng deployment ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 10:46 PM

Pero sana raw ay nanatili ang ban para sa mga baguhang mamamasukan lalo't inaayos pa ng Kuwait at Pilipinas ang standard employment contract para sa kanila. Read more »

PH lifts deployment ban to Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 10:19 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) —The Philippines lifted its deployment ban to Kuwait, as the two governments reached an agreement for better working conditions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Thursday. Read more »

PH partially lifts deployment ban of workers to Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 03:48 PM

Household service workers are still covered by the ban while new and returning skilled Filipino workers are now allowed to fly to Kuwait, Bello said.   Read more »

DOLE eyes partial lifting of deployment ban in Kuwait after officials meet

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 10:22 PM

The DOLE said that after a "fruitful" meeting between Philippine and Kuwaiti officials, the agency is "set to move" for the partial lifting of the deployment ban. Read more »

Kuwait, Philippines agree on harmonized standard employment contract for Filipino HSWs

Maxxy Santiago, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 04:45 AM

KUWAIT CITY - Officials of Kuwait and the Philippines signed on Monday an agreement on the proposed harmonized Standard Employment Contract for Filipino household service workers (HSWs) deployed to Kuwait. Read more »

Senate panel backs proposed permanent deployment ban of Filipino domestic workers to Kuwait

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 06:31 PM

A Senate panel is likely to support proposals to permanently ban the deployment of Filipino domestic workers to Kuwait, citing the continuous inhumane treatment of household helpers in the Middle Eastern country, its chair said Tuesday. Read more »

Slain Filipina maid's employers in Kuwait face murder raps: Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 02:52 PM

The employers of a Filipina maid in Kuwait were charged with murder in connection to her death, which prompted the Philippine government this month to ban the deployment of workers there, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Tuesday.  Read more »

PH sets 2 conditions for lifting of Kuwait deployment ban

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 24 11:13 AM

The Philippines will lift its total deployment ban of migrant workers to Kuwait on 2 conditions: the signing of a template contract for Filipino workers and when the Gulf State shows "earnest efforts" to deliver justice to slain household worker Jeanelyn Villavende, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Friday. Read more »

Kuwait to allow PH join investigation of slain OFW case

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 07:16 AM

The Kuwaiti government is willing to allow investigators from the Philippines to join the investigation of the death overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jeanelyn Villavende, in the hands of her employer, Kuwaiti's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said.  Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Duterte says Kuwait response to Pinay death better this time

ABS-CBN News
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 »