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Want to work in Kuwait? Think twice, says OWWA chief


 

Filipinos seeking overseas employment should factor in a lot of considerations before applying for a job in Kuwait, after another OFW was allegedly killed there by her employer, a government official said Thursday.

"Kailangan po nating tignan na ibang-ibang lugar po ang pupuntahan natin doon. Hindi ito katulad lamang ng pagpunta sa siyudad o sa Maynila para magtrabaho. Ibang kultura, ibang lenggwahe, ibang ugali. Kaya't kailangan po talagang pag-isipan nang masinsinan," OWWA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said in an interview on Balitanghali.

"'Yung ibang family members na tumutulak naman sa kanilang mahal sa buhay na mangibambayan bilang kasambahay sa Kuwait, magdalawang isip na rin po... Tingnan maigi ang kontrata," Cacdac added.

The Philippines is set to impose a partial deployment ban to Kuwait after another OFW, Jeanelyn Villavende, was killed allegedly by the wife of her employer. The ban, however, will only cover first-time domestic helpers bound for Kuwait.

The memorandum order for this is expected to come out and immediately take effect on Friday.

Cacdac said that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) will be the implementing body of the partial ban.

Around 10,000 to 20,000 first-time Filipino domestic helpers provide service to the households of Kuwaiti employers every year, according to the OWWA chief.

The partial ban was ordered after Filipino worker Jeanelyn Villavende allegedly died in the hands of her employer's wife despite the agreement signed by the Philippine and Kuwait governments on the protection of OFWs.

Villavende's employers are currently detained while the investigation on her death is ongoing.

Her remains will be repatriated to the Philippines once the probe is completed, according to Cacdac.

Aside from bringing her body home, the government will assist the slain OFW's family in the improvement of their nipa house and provide scholarship for her sibling who is in Grade 6, he added.

Villavende was from South Cotabato. —Dona Magsino/KBK, GMA News

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