Senator Raffy Tulfo is calling on the Senate to review the standard employment contract for OFWs in Kuwait to establish stricter policies for deploying Filipino workers to the Gulf state. | BPinlacINQ
Tulfo filed Senate Resolution No.
448 on Monday, which calls for a committee of the upper chamber “to revisit, re-examine and review the existing bilateral agreement and standard employment contract governing OFWs in Kuwait, with the end view of establishing stricter policies, preventive measures and applicable sanctions or ban in the deployment of OFWs in Kuwait.”The neophyte senator sought the Senate panel inquiry, citing the brutal murder of Jullebee Ranara – a Filipina domestic helper in the Middle Eastern country.
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