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Duterte okays total OFW deployment ban to Kuwait @ 2020-01-18T08: Back Hot News
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THIS YEAR』S DEPLOYMENT BAN TO KUWAIT COVERS HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS, SEMI-SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLED WORKERS AND PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING CREW CHANGES AND SHORE LEAVES OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS.HOWEVER, OFWS WHO WERE ABLE TO SECURE THEIR OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATE BEFORE JAN. 15 CAN STILL FLY TO KUWAIT.
THE AGREEMENT IS YET TO BE ACTIVATED, BECAUSE KUWAIT HAD RAISED OBJECTION TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CLAUSE, WHICH IT CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF THE COUNTRY』S SOVEREIGNTY. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BANNING THE DEPLOYMENT OF WORKERS TO KUWAIT IN BOTH INSTANCES INDICATES THE SAME DECISION WILL BE TAKEN IF A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENS AGAIN AND BOTH GOVERNMENTS ARE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AT THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL.
MUSTAFA CLARIFIED THAT AS OF TODAY, JAN 12, THE PARTIAL DEPLOYMENT BAN STAYS FOR NEWLY HIRED HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS BOUND FOR KUWAIT AND THOSE RETURNING HSWS WHOSE PREVIOUS CONTRACT EXPIRED AND ARE RETURNING TO KUWAIT UNDER A NEW EMPLOYER. 「THERE IS NO TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN YET AWAITING THE AUTOPSY RESULT OF JEANELYN VILLAVENDE THAT WILL BE THE BASIS OF SECRETARY BELLO』S RECOMMENDATION FOR A TOTAL BAN TO THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION,」 HE EXPLAINED.
IN A STATEMENT POSTED ON JAN. 2, 2020 ON THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR』S WEBSITE, SECRETARY SILVESTRE BELLO 3RD SAID THE PARTIAL BAN 「MAY RIPEN INTO TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN IF JUSTICE FOR JEANELYN VILLAVENDE IS NOT MET.」
“THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO KUWAITI AUTHORITIES,” BELLO SAID, ADDING THAT THE PARTIAL BAN MAY BECOME A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN IF JUSTICE FOR THE DEATH OF OFW JEANELYN VILLAVENDE IS NOT SERVED.
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.
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.
ON FEB. 12, 2018, THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IMPOSED A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN ON THE SENDING OF OFWS TO KUWAIT DUE TO THE SERIES OF REPORTS OF ABUSE AND DEATHS OF OFWS IN THE HOST COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE DEATH OF JOANNA DANIELA DEMAFELIS.
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.
BELLOS SAID IT WAS THE KUWAIT GOVERNMENT』S ATTEMPT TO WHITEWASH THE MURDER OF VILLAVENDE THAT PROMPTED THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE THE TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — REMITTANCES FROM OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWS) ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STABLE DESPITE THE POSSIBILITY OF A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN TO KUWAIT, ACCORDING TO THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS (BSP).
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.
“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.
「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.」

 

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