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IN 2018, THE PHILIPPINES ALSO ORDERED A BAN ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO KUWAIT AMID THE STRING OF REPORTED ABUSES AND DEATHS OF FILIPINO WORKERS, INCLUDING JOANNA DEMAFELIS, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A FREEZER IN THE COUNTRY OVER A YEAR AFTER SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING.
「WITH THE RECENT REPORTED CASES OF MALTREATMENT AND DEATHS INVOLVING OFWS IN KUWAIT, YOU ARE HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO IMMEDIATELY CONVENE THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE IMMEDIATE ISSUANCE OF A DEPLOYMENT BAN INVOLVING VISA 20 (DOMESTIC WORKERS) NEW HIRES AND BALIK-MANGGAGAWA. THE ISSUANCE SHOULD INCLUDE MORATORIUM ON THE PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS AND ADDITIONAL JOB ORDER FOR THE SAME CATEGORY OF WORKERS,」 BELLO SAID IN THE MEMO.
CERTAIN QUARTERS, HOWEVER, ARECALLING FOR MORE DRASTIC ACTION. SONNY MATULA, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OFFREE WORKERS, WANTS THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION TO IMPOSE AN INDEFINITE BAN ONTHE DEPLOYMENT OF HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS TO KUWAIT. HE SAID: 「THE DOLE ANDDFA NEED TO ADDRESS THE SLAVE-LIKE SITUATION OF OUR DOMESTIC WORKERS ANDRENEGOTIATE OUR BILATERAL AGREEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED BYIMPOSING LIMITS ON MAXIMUM WORKING HOURS FOR MAIDS, LIKE OTHER WORKERSOBSERVING REGULAR HOURS OF WORK. WE ALSO CALL TO STRENGTHEN AGREEMENTS THATFILIPINO MAIDS WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO STAY IN THEIR EMPLOYERS』 HOMES,WHICH WILL ENSURE THEIR PROTECTION.」
THE BUREAU ISSUED THE ORDER AFTER THE GOVERNMENT RAISED WEDNESDAY THE ALERT LEVEL 4 IN IRAQ, REQUIRING FILIPINO WORKERS TO EVACUATE. FILIPINOS IN IRAN, LEBANON AND SAUDI ARABIA WERE ALSO ADVISED TO BE ALERT OF POTENTIAL SECURITY THREATS AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY.
THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS MAY LOWER FURTHER THE LEVEL OF DEPOSITS BANKS ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP WITH THE BSP BY 400 BASIS POINTS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, ACCORDING TO BRITISH BANKING GIANT HSBC.
SIERRA LEONE BANNED PREGNANT GIRLS FROM GOING TO SCHOOL IN 2015 FOLLOWING THE 2014 EBOLA CRISIS - DURING WHICH THOUSANDS OF GIRLS BECAME PREGNANT, OFTEN BECAUSE ORPHANS TURNED TO PROSTITUTION, OR AS A RESULT OF RAPE AND ABUSE.

 

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