Cayetano, Bello at oddsMANILA, Philippines — After urging 250,000 overseas Filipino workers to leave Kuwait, President Duterte has made the ban on OFW deployment to the Gulf state permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff. Last February, Duterte announced a ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait following reports that some workers in the Gulf state were maltreated by their employers. Solomonic solutionLawmakers supported Duterte’s decision to make permanent the ban to deploy Filipino workers in Kuwait. “We support his decision to permanently ban the deployment of Filipino workers in Kuwait. The killing of Demafelis prompted Duterte to stop the deployment of first-time Filipino workers to Kuwait.

Source: Philippine Star April 29, 2018 15:56 UTC