{"id":243447,"date":"2020-01-29T20:41:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T01:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=243447"},"modified":"2020-01-29T20:41:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T01:41:58","slug":"prrd-contented-how-kuwaiti-govt-handles-villavendes-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/29\/prrd-contented-how-kuwaiti-govt-handles-villavendes-case\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD contented how Kuwaiti gov\u2019t handles Villavende\u2019s case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the DusitD2 Davao Hotel in Davao City. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he was contented with the way the Kuwaiti government handled the case of slain Filipino domestic worker Jeanelyn Villavende.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that there was an investigation and there were arrests made and there are people in detention, para sa akin, okay na sana (for me, that was okay),\u201d Duterte said in a speech during the 69th founding anniversary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Quezon City.<\/p>\n

However, Duterte said he would leave it to Labor Secretary Silvestre \u201cBebot\u201d Bello III to decide whether or not to lift the deployment ban of Filipino workers in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

\u201cSi Bebot\u00a0kasi ang ano — ang apurado. Talagang mainit sya<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s just that Bebot wanted it rushed. He is really passionate about it),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo\u00a0opisina niya \u2018yan, hindi na lang ako nakialam<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s his office, I won\u2019t interfere). I do not want to rebuke my Cabinet members publicly. So\u00a0hinayaan ko siya. Sabi ko<\/em>\u00a0(So I left it to him. I said), \u2018Let us see what develops,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Bello bared that murder charges were filed against Villavende\u2019s Kuwaiti employers and that they are now detained in a facility for criminals.<\/p>\n

Bello stood pat on his stand that the temporary ban stays until the Kuwaiti government agrees to \u201charmonize\u201d the memorandum of agreement on the protection of OFWs in the Arab country signed by the two countries on May 11, 2018.<\/p>\n

The agreement aims to put an end to inhumane treatment committed against Filipino workers by their Kuwaiti employers.<\/p>\n

It contains provisions which include requiring workers\u2019 passports to be deposited to the Philippine embassy and not confiscated by employers; workers are given one day off every week; workers are given seven hours of sleep a day; workers are provided with decent meals and sleeping quarters; and workers are provided with cellphones.<\/p>\n

Last week, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Kuwaiti government has yet to honor the pact on the protection of Filipino workers in the Gulf State.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 28, 2019, Villavende was brought dead to a hospital in Kuwait after reportedly being beaten by her lady employer.<\/p>\n

The results of the National Bureau of Investigation\u2019s examination of Villavende\u2019s remains showed signs of sexual abuse on the victim. There were also \u201cold healed wounds\u201d which indicate that Villavende had been battered weeks prior to her killing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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