DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment (DoLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd ordered a temporary ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) following reports the workers were made to pay for all Covid-related expenses upon their a rrival in the said oil-rich country.

Bello, in a memorandum address to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief Bernard Olalia, said his order is "effective immediately and until further notice."

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