THE Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) is mulling on limiting the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait following the brutal death of another Filipina household worker (HSW) from the hands of her employer.

Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd said he had instructed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to study and implement the deployment cap, particularly of  HSWs or domestic helpers.

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