Overseas Workers
This is very impossible if (same exact case) happens for Indonesian workers abroad. The Philippine government has suspended the accreditation of Kuwait’s foreign recruitment agencies in the wake of the murder of Filipina domestic worker or Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Jullebee Cabilis Ranara, Kuwait’s media reported.
On January 30th, 2023, President Bongbong Marcos says he personally visited Jullebee Ranara’s wake to extend sympathies and assure that the family will be given assistance. He says they are scheduling bilateral meetings with Kuwait to review the current labor agreement.
The Ministry of Migrant labour in the Philippines announced that the Kuwaiti recruitment offices will be added to the blacklist and will prevent Filipino workers from being sent to Kuwait.
The ministry said that the government is studying to blacklist Kuwait recruitment agencies that have violated labour agreements between Kuwait and the Philippines.
The body of the 35-year-old Jullebee Cabilis Ranara, who was reportedly killed by her employer’s son, was flown home from Kuwait. Her body was brunt and found dumped in the desert.
Kuwaiti security forces arrested the 16-year-old suspect, less than 24 hours after Ranara’s body was found on Al Salmi road. An autopsy showed the woman was pregnant at the time of her death.
In the past, Manila had banned the deployment of workers to Kuwait due to an increase in Filipino deaths there. The ban was made after the body of 29-year-old domestic helper Joanna Demafelis was found stuffed in a freezer.
The ban was lifted in 2018 after an agreement was signed with the Kuwaiti government to ensure better treatment of Filipino workers.
The agreement guaranteed Filipinos’ right to use their phones and keep their passports.
The Diocese of Balanga has released a pastoral statement on the slaying of Jullebee Cabilis Ranara, an Overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait.
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Nangako ng tulong si Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa naiwang pamilya ng pinaslang na Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) sa Kuwait na si Jullebee Cabilis Ranara. Binisita ni Pangulo ang burol ni Jullebee Cabilis Ranara sa Las Piñas City ngayong Lunes, Jan. 30, kasama sina Department of Migrant Workers Sec. Susan Ople, Sen. Mark Villar, at Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villa.
Ibinalita rin ng Pangulo na nakatakdang magkaroon ng bilateral meeting ang gobyerno ng Kuwait at Pilipinas para pag-usapan ang Bilateral Labor Agreement (BLA) ng dalawang bansa. Inaasahang mamayang gabi na iuuwi ang labi ng pinaslang na Overseas Filipino worker mula Kuwait na si Jullebee Cabilis Ranara. Bukod sa hustisya, may ilang apela ang pamilya ni Jullebee.