Review deployment of OFWs to Mideast

By The Editorial Board

Feb 05, 2023 12:15 am

EDITORIAL

THE government should have acted more quickly and decisively after hearing about the grisly murder of Jullebee Ranara, a Filipino domestic helper in Kuwait. Right away, the authorities should have suspended the deployment of domestic helpers there and started a review of the policies protecting the most vulnerable Filipino workers abroad.

SAD HOMECOMING The remains of slain OFW Jullebee Ranara arrives at the Pair-Paggs cargo terminal in Pasay City, on Friday night, Jan. 28, 2023. The 35-year-old OFW was murdered by the son of her employer in Kuwait. Sen. Raffy Tulfo, chairman of the Committee on Migrant Workers assisted the family of Ranara. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

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