FOR the second time in two years, the Philippine government has again imposed a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait, this time over the death of Filipino household worker Jeanelyn Villavende.
BACK HOME Thirteen Filipino workers from Iraq arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Wednesday afternoon, escorted by officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration as part of the government’s effort to bring home OFWs from the embattled Middle East. The arrivals belong to the first batch of Filipino workers who availed of repatriation amid the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran following the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a US attack. PHOTO BY GERARD J. SEGUIA