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Deployment ban to Saudi eyed

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Updated as of Sep 30 02:05 PM

The Philippines is considering a suspension of deployment of overseas Filipino workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over incidents of maltreatment. Read more »

THROWBACK: Dos por dos | Kuha Mo!

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Posted at May 06 02:15 AM

Nag-viral ang video ng pananakit ng security guard sa isang aso sa Bulacan.  Read more »

'Quietly vanish into the night,' Palace tells envoy sacked over helper abuse

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Posted at Mar 09 06:17 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday told a former ambassador to "just quietly vanish into the night", as she tried to appeal her removal from government service over her physical abuse of her helper, which was caught on camera. Read more »

Dismissed PH envoy to Brazil claims case was 'mishandled'

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Posted at Mar 03 10:32 PM

The Philippines' former ambassador to Brazil who was dismissed after being caught maltreating her helper broke her silence regarding the controversy. Read more »

Filipina domestic helper recounts experience under sacked PH envoy to Brazil

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Posted at Mar 02 10:51 PM

The Filipina household helper physically abused by the Philippine ambassador to Brazil recounted to ABS-CBN News the maltreatment she experienced at the hands of the envoy.  Read more »

No more domestic staff for PH diplomats abroad following Mauro case— Locsin

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 02 04:01 PM

MANILA — Diplomatic officers assigned abroad are no longer allowed to bring domestic staff to their overseas posts, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed Tuesday, following the maltreatment of a Filipino household help by the former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil.  Read more »

Duterte approves dismissal of ex-PH envoy to Brazil caught maltreating aide

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Posted at Mar 01 11:24 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the dismissal of former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro from service, months after she was caught maltreating her Filipino domestic helper inside her residence in the Latin American country. Read more »

Case vs ex-PH envoy to Brazil caught maltreating aide now under ‘formal investigation’

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 02:50 PM

The Department of Affairs' (DFA) case against recalled ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro? who was caught maltreating her helper in November “is already under formal investigation,” an official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Locsin says case vs Brazil envoy caught maltreating helper ‘moving'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 03:21 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. Tuesday said the case that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) filed against recalled Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro over the maltreatment of her helper is “moving.”  Read more »

Formal charge served on ex-envoy to Brazil over maltreatment of aide

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 01:19 PM

Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was served a complaint Monday morning over her maltreatment of her Filipina domestic helper, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. Read more »

DFA launches probe vs PH envoy to Brazil; help pours in for maltreated aide

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Posted at Oct 30 11:49 PM

Financial and legal assistance poured in for the Filipino domestic helper who was maltreated by Philippine envoy to Brazil Marichu Mauro. Read more »

Did PH envoy to Brazil maltreat other employees?

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Posted at Oct 29 11:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte allowed the Department of Foreign Affairs to probe the country's ambassador to Brazil who maltreated her Filipina helper. Read more »

Duterte OKs probe vs PH envoy over helper's abuse

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 02:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has given the green light for the Department of Foreign Affairs to investigate an ambassador's alleged abuse of her Filipina helper in Brazil, Malacañang said Thursday.  Read more »

DFA says ‘severe’ response awaits PH envoy over aide's abuse; President’s OK on probe sought

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 04:55 PM

MANILA — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday gave the assurance that the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) response to the case involving the Philippine envoy to Brazil's maltreatment of her Filipino household service staff “will be severe.”   Read more »

DFA probes PH envoy's maltreatment of household worker

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Posted at Oct 27 10:13 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs created a fact-finding team to investigate the maltreatment of a household worker by the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil.  Read more »

DFA chief says to send ‘best guy’ to investigate PH envoy’s maltreatment of Filipina helper

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Updated as of Oct 27 11:31 PM

MANILA — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. on Tuesday said he would hire the “best guy” to investigate the circumstances surrounding the maltreatment by the Philippines' ambassador to Brazil of her Filipina household worker.  Read more »

Huli sa video: Kasambahay, minaltrato ng ambassador ng Pilipinas sa Brazil

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Posted at Oct 27 07:05 PM

Pinauuwi na sa Pilipinas ang ambassador ng bansa sa Brazil matapos maltratuhin ang kaniyang kasambahay    Read more »

Ople Center extends help to domestic worker maltreated by PH envoy

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Posted at Oct 27 05:58 PM

MANILA - A Filipino domestic helper who experienced maltreatment at the very hands of a Philippine ambassador to Brazil gained the support of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center. Read more »

'Deplorable': Senators outraged at PH envoy's video assaulting Pinay maid

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Updated as of Oct 27 06:16 PM

Some senators on Tuesday said they were "outraged" upon seeing the videos of the Philippine ambassador to Brazil assaulting her Filipina helper, as they urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to conduct a "thorough investigation" on the matter.  Read more »

'All workers deserve respect': Brazil reporter blasts abuse of Filipina by PH ambassador

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Posted at Oct 27 08:58 AM

MANILA - The Philippines' top diplomat to Brazil has been recalled after she allegedly maltreated her Filipino household helper, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Read more »