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PHL declares total deployment ban to Kuwait | Samuel P. Medenilla @ 2020-01-16T04: Back Hot News
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES — THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HAS IMPOSED A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN OF FILIPINO WORKERS TO KUWAIT, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF JEANELYN VILLAVENDE, WHO WAS TORTURED AND SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER EMPLOYERS.
ACCORDING TO OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA) ADMINISTRATOR HANS LEO CACDAC, LABOR SECRETARY SILVESTRE BELLO III WILL WAIT ON THE AUTOPSY RESULT CONDUCTED BY AUTHORITIES TO CONFIRM JEANELYN VILLAVENDE'S CAUSE OF DEATH BEFORE RECOMMENDING A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN TO THE GULF STATE.
「THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO KUWAITI AUTHORITIES. THE PARTIAL BAN MAY RIPEN INTO A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN IF JUSTICE FOR JEANELYN VILLAVENDE IS NOT MET.」
FURTHERMORE, LABOR SECRETARY SILVESTRE BELLO III HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE FATE OF THE GOVERNMENT』S POLICY ON DEPLOYING WORKERS TO KUWAIT HANGS IN THE BALANCE, DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF VILLAVENDE』S AUTOPSY. 「A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN FOR WORKERS TO KUWAIT WILL BE ENFORCED ONCE THE AUTOPSY PROVES THAT VILLAVENDE WAS GRAVELY BEATEN TO DEATH,」 BELLO STRESSED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS IMPOSED A PARTIAL DEPLOYMENT BAN ON WORKERS TO KUWAIT FOLLOWING VILLAVENDE』S MURDER. BEFORE MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT, BELLO HAD A BRIEFING WITH THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) TEAM WHO CONDUCTED AN AUTOPSY ON VILLAVENDE』S BODY. THE BUREAU HAS YET TO REVEAL RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY.
BUT THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES ON TUESDAY URGED A TOTAL BAN ON HSW DEPLOYMENT IN KUWAIT, CITING GOVERNMENT DATA THAT SHOWED THAT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SOME 200 DOMESTIC WORKERS HAVE DIED IN KUWAIT, SOME OF WHOSE CAUSE OF DEATH REMAINS UNKNOWN OR WAS LISTED AS SUICIDE.
IT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE PHILIPPINES HAD ORDERED A DEPLOYMENT BAN ON KUWAIT. IN FEBRUARY 2018, A TOTAL BAN WAS IMPOSED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF DOMESTIC HELPER JOANNA
WHEN THERE IS A WORLD TO CONSIDER, WHY SHOULD WE CONTINUE SENDING OUR WORKERS TO A STATE THAT CANNOT KEEP THEM SAFE? WE AGREE WITH SECRETARY BELLO THAT WE SHOULD IMPOSE A TOTAL AND PERMANENT BAN TO DEPLOYMENT TO KUWAIT—AND SAY GOOD RIDDANCE TO ABUSIVE EMPLOYERS.
“I’M SENDING OWWA ADMINISTRATOR HANS CACDAC TO SAUDI AND KUWAIT, ADMIN OLALIA TO LEBANON AND USEC (CLARO) ARELLANO TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. THE PURPOSE IS FOR THEM TO ALREADY INFORM OFWS IN THOSE AREAS ABOUT THE TENSE SITUATION,” HE SAID.
THE CLAMOR TO IMPOSE A TOTAL BAN IN DEPLOYMENT OF FILIPINO HSWS TO KUWAIT, MEANWHILE, IS STEADILY GAINING GROUND WHILE THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AWAITS THE FORMAL FILING OF CHARGES AGAINST VILLAVENDE’S EMPLOYERS.
THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, IMPOSES A TOTAL BAN ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF ALL HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS (HSWS). DOMESTIC WORKERS IN KUWAIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO FINISH THEIR CURRENT CONTRACTS BUT WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO RENEW AFTER THE CONTRACT ENDS.
ON FRIDAY, LABOR SECRETARY SILVESTRE BELLO III SAID THE GOVERNMENT』S POSSIBLE DECLARATION OF A TOTAL BAN ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF OFWS TO KUWAIT RELIES ON THE RESULTS OF THE AUTOPSY RESULTS ON VILLAVENDE.
ABDULLAH MACAPAAR, ALSO KNOWN AS “KUMANDER BRAVO,” THE MILF LEADER WHO USED TO LEAD ATTACKS IN LANAO DEL NORTE INCLUDING KAUSWAGAN TOWN, AND NOW A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (BARMM), SAID ON SATURDAY HE DOES NOT WANT CONFLICT ANYMORE AND ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING LASTING PEACE TO MINDANAO DURING THE 23RD QUR’AN READING COMPETITION IN BRGY. DELABAYAN, KAUSWAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE.
「NOW THIS IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY, A DEPLOYMENT BAN IN KUWAIT IS NOT REMOTE UNLESS THEY CAN SHOW US THAT THEY CAN GIVE JUSTICE TO JEANELYN. I』M READY TO DO THAT (DEPLOYMENT BAN),」 HE ADDED, SAYING THE COUNTRY』S LABOR ATTACHE IN KUWAIT WAS MONITORING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE VILLAVENDE CASE. 「MY INSTRUCTION IS VERY CLEAR — WE HAVE TO KNOW THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF JEANELYN.」
TOSHIMITSU IS VISITING THE PHILIPPINES AS PART OF A TOUR OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, WHICH BEGAN OVER THE WEEKEND IN VIETNAM BEFORE HEADING TO THAILAND. THE JAPANESE MINISTER IS NEXT BOUND FOR INDONESIA, HIS LAST STOP PRIOR TO RETURNING TO TOKYO. EFE-EPA

 

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