DAVAO CITY (May 18) — Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Thursday announced that the Philippine government has officially lifted the total deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait. Bello signed the department order lifting the ban on the sending of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) both skilled and …
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MANILA (May 11) — The three Filipino diplomats ordered arrested by Kuwait authorities are expected to be released in two to three days, Malacañang said on Thursday. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque made this announcement after he and other Philippine officials met with Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister H.E. Al-Khaled Sulaiman Al-Jarallah. The Foreign Minister of Kuwait …
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DAVAO CITY (May 10) — The Memorandum of Agreement on the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) between the Philippine government and the government of the Kuwait is expected to be signed Tomorrow, May 11, 2018. Presidential Rodrigo Duterte sent Spokesperson Harry Roque, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Belo III, former labor Secretary Marianito Roque, Labor Attache’ …
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — There is no reason for Department of Foreign Affair (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano to step down from his post amid the diplomatic spat between the Philippines and Kuwait. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in yesterday’s press briefing said Cayetano should address the call among lawmakers for him to resign. Some lawmakers …
SINGAPORE — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 28, has granted the wishes of a household service worker here who wanted to return home and start a small business. President Duterte met with 39-year-old Maria Rosalee Josue following his meeting with the Filipino community at Zepp@Bigbox here on Saturday night. Josue, who hails from …
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MANILA — More than 200 Filipinos repatriated from Kuwait under the Kuwaiti government’s amnesty program arrived in Manila Monday. Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Allan Peter Cayetano said all Filipinos who may be deported with the Kuwaiti government’s crackdown against illegal workers will continue to get the support of government even after the end of …
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Two hundred overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Kuwait arrived Tuesday night at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Qatar Airways fligh QR 934. They are part of the over 4,000 undocumented OFW’s from Kuwait who availed the amnesty program offered by the Kuwaiti government. They arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International …
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(A PRESS STATEMENT) Dubai, UAE – Last month, videos and articles about a ‘runaway Dubai princess’, Hervé Jaubert a former French spy and a certain Tiina Jauhiainen, a Finnish citizen on board a yacht in the middle of the Indian Ocean, who were seized by Indian and UAE joint forces on March 4 circulated. According …
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Roa Durerte on Saturday, April 14, assured that the government is taking steps to end the abuse on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East countries. President Duterte met with an OFW who was abused by her employer in Saudi Arabia. Pahima Alagasi, who was scaled by the …
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines— President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go gave a warm welcome to returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW), was has allegedly abused in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Duterte and Go met Pahima Alagasi and her family during a meeting at the Coco’s South Bistro Restaurant in …
