Skilled workers, professionals on vacation exempted from total deployment ban to Kuwait —POEA


Skilled and professional Filipino workers who were just on vacation in the country and are set to return to Kuwait are not covered by the total deployment ban imposed by the Philippine government, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Thursday.
"Ang sakop po ng total deployment ban ay lahat ng HHWs (household workers) natin maging sila ay new hires o balik-manggagawa, hindi na natin papayagan... Sakop din ho ng ating deployment ban 'yung new hires na skilled at professionals," POEA Administrator Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said in an interview on Dobol B sa News TV.
"Ang hindi lang ho sakop, 'yung exempted kung tawagin natin, ay 'yung mga balik-manggagawa na skilled at professionals... 'yung nag-bakasyon lamang," he added.
The Philippine government implemented a partial deployment ban to Kuwait after the death of Filipina household worker Jeanelyn Villavende.
It was later on amended by the POEA Governing Board to a total deployment ban after an autopsy of Villavende’s body found that she was also sexually abused during her five-month deployment to Kuwait—an information that was not indicated in the initial autopsy conducted by a Kuwaiti hospital.
Olalia said that the period of the total deployment ban is indefinite.
"Hangga't hindi po nakakamit ng ating kababayan 'yung hustisya na dapat ibigay sa kaniya, hindi po natin ili-lift ang deployment ban," he said.
"Ang bola po ay nasa Kuwaiti government, na madaliin 'yung pagpoproseso ng kaso, 'yung pagsasampa at pagpapa-file para magkaroon agad ng hustisya 'yung ating kababayan," he added.
The more than 10,000 OFWs who will be affected by the ban may visit the offices of the POEA, the Department of Labor and Employment, and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration for assistance in securing other available jobs, according to Olalia. — Dona Magsino/MDM, GMA News

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