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The Kuwaiti minor arrested for the gruesome murder of 34-year-old Filipino migrant worker Jullebee Ranara, whose charred body was found eight months ago in a Kuwaiti desert, has been found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in…
MANILA, Philippines — A Kuwait juvenile court has convicted the killer of Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Thursday evening. In a text message to INQUIRER.net, DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is one of nine countries that are seeing a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases despite having the world’s toughest lockdowns to stop coronavirus transmission, according to a groundbreaking University of Oxford…
The total deployment ban of workers to Kuwait will remain in effect “until we get justice for Ms [Jeanelyn] Villavende and a consensus on the standard employment contract,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a press…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will also ban the deployment of vacationing household service workers to Kuwait and not only new ones as initially announced, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said. “Initially, I was inclined to exempt…
The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Tuesday expressed outrage over the death of yet another maid in Kuwait despite an existing agreement that the Gulf state would ensure the protection of Filipino migrant workers there.…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has said he would travel to Kuwait to thank the Gulf state after the signing of the memorandum of agreement aimed at ensuring better working conditions for Filipino workers (OFW) there. “I am going…
KUWAIT has released the three Filipino diplomats detained in the oil-rich nation, a day after the Philippine government lifted the total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the announcement on…
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday ordered Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to lift the total ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait. “Upon recommendation of Special Envoy to Kuwait Abdullah Mama-o, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte tonight…
CEBU CITY– Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday took a jab at those who criticized the Duterte’s administration for nearly severing the country’s ties with Kuwait. He told a news conference that he met with…
AN ALMOST incomprehensible Bretchielyn Magsayo faced the camera to relay her story of abuse in the brutal hands of her employer in Kuwait, and her desperate pleas to be rescued. In a harrowing Facebook video by a…
A SERIES of gruesome photos recently went viral on Facebook, showing the corpse of a woman covered in bruises and sliced, starting from the bottom lip down to her navel. The photos were uploaded on Facebook in…
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