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Palace OKs total deployment ban on Kuwait OFWs @ 2020-01-18T16: 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.
MUSTAFA OUTLINED THE POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF A TOTAL DEPLOYMENT BAN THAT WILL ALSO AFFECT THE SKILLED WORKERS IN KUWAIT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE GOING HOME FOR VACATION OR ARE ON VACATION IN THE PHILIPPINES NOW. 「SHOULD THERE BE A TOTAL BAN IN KUWAIT, ALL THOSE WHO WILL BE ON VACATION CANNOT COME BACK TO KUWAIT, SO THIS IS NOT ONLY THE DOMESTIC WORKERS BUT ALL CATEGORY OF WORKERS WILL BE COVERED. MAY THEY BE NEWLY HIRED, BALIK-MANGGAGAWA OR RETURNING OFWS, THEY WILL ALL BE COVERED BY THE TOTAL BAN,」 STATED MUSTAFA.
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.
THE OPLE CENTER URGED THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES ON LABOR AS WELL AS OFW AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT A JOINT HEARING ON THE RECENT KILLING OF ANOTHER FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKER IN KUWAIT BY HER EMPLOYER, PARTICULARLY ON THE CAPACITY OF BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO EFFECTIVELY MONITOR THE CONDITIONS OF DOMESTIC WORKERS OVERSEAS.
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.
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.」
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.
“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.
「YUNG MGA PULIS NA NAGBABANTAY DOON SINCE NOONG LINGGONG ITO AY MERON SILANG MGA KAMAG ANAK AT PAMILYA NA NAAPEKTUHAN DIN NG KALAMIDAD DAHIL DOON SILA NAKA ASSIGN AT DOON DIN SILA NAKATIRA MOST OF THEM. KAYA MAS MAGANDA NA HALINHAN MUNA ANG MGA ITO NG MGA TROPA NATIN GALING SA NHQ, PARA SILA AY MAKABALIK SA KANILANG MGA BAYAN AT PAMILYA AT MATULUNGAN NAMAN,」 ELEAZAR SAID.

 

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