{"id":87892,"date":"2017-02-03T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T03:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87892"},"modified":"2017-02-03T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T03:50:21","slug":"bello-recalls-kuwait-labor-attache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/03\/bello-recalls-kuwait-labor-attache\/","title":{"rendered":"Bello recalls Kuwait labor attach\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III has recalled the labor attach\u00e9 in Kuwait for negligence and lack of concern for the welfare of Filipino workers in her jurisdiction. (Photo: KING RODRIGUEZ\/Presidential Photo<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III has recalled the labor attach\u00e9 in Kuwait for negligence and lack of concern for the welfare of Filipino workers in her jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

Ordered recalled was Angelita Narvaez, acting labor attach\u00e9 to Kuwait, following the death of another household service worker who was reportedly beaten to death by her employers last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI issued a recall order to Narvaez for her inaction and lack of concern to our overseas Filipino workers,\u201d Bello said. Narvaez holds the position of Assistant Labor Attach\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Bello said Narvaez did not inform him of the case of Amy Capulong Santiago when he flew to Kuwait after concluding the third round of talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF in Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSantiago died on January 25. I was there on January 26 and Narvaez did not inform me about Santiago\u2019s tragic fate. Narvaez, in effect, misled the Secretary of the Department of Labor by concealing that information,\u201d Bello said.<\/p>\n

He added that Narvaez also deliberately prevented him from meeting the OFWs at the Bahay Kalinga.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was told by an OFW who returned from Kuwait that there were about 100 Filipino workers who were at the second floor. Itinago niya,\u201d Bello said.<\/p>\n

Bahay Kalinga or the Migrant Workers and Other Overseas Filipinos Resource Center (MWOFRC) is used as a temporary shelter for overseas Filipinos in distress and is located within the premises and under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Embassy in countries where there are large concentrations of Filipino migrant workers.<\/p>\n

The labor department\u2019s International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), Narvaez\u2019s mother office, will investigate her upon her return.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bello said he had discussed the situation of the household service workers in Kuwait with Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmal Althwaikh during the latter\u2019s visit yesterday at the DOLE office.<\/p>\n

Although he did not disclose the agreements reached during the visit, Bello said that the conversation was \u201cvery frank and congenial.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe meeting was very conducive and good for the labor relationship of the Philippines and Kuwait,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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