30 distressed Filipino workers (OFWs) who were repatriated from Kuwait have returned home. Photo courtesy of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
30 distressed Filipino workers (OFWs) who were repatriated from Kuwait have returned home. Photo courtesy of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

(UPDATE) THE government of Kuwait has stopped issuing new entry visas to Filipinos, citing the Philippines' supposed failure to comply with a labor agreement between the two countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Friday.

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