Pinay domestic helper gets more than P500,000 in damages

A battered Filipino maid in the United Arab Emirates finally got some measure of justice after three long years when her Egyptian employer paid her some Dh45,000 (P565,639) in damages.

The amount included the Dh22,000 (P276,534) salary of Filipino Baina Mokalam for three years, the UAE-based news site Khaleej Times reported on Thursday. [See story here]

Police in Ras Al Khaimah rescued Mokalam from her employer, who allegedly hurt her physically for three years.

The amicable settlement, which included a plane ticket home for Mokalam, was made before the Court in Ras Al Khaimah.

According to the court, the Dh22,000 represented the salary of Mokalam from January 24, 2007 up to the time she was rescued by police on January 27, 2010.

The Philippine Consulate represented Baina in the final settlement as she wanted to return to her hometown in Maguindanao province, Consul General Benito Valeriano said.

She will depart from Dubai to Manila on Sunday aboard Emirates Airlines with a connecting flight to General Santos City, the nearest airport to her home province, Valeriano added.

He added her employer and all others who maltreated their Filipino house help can no longer hire Filipino maids since they will be blacklisted by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

“Our Labor Attaché Virginia Calvez will always report to Manila, employers who, in one way or another, maltreated, and abused our Filipino helpers requesting the POEA to immediately blacklist them so they can no longer hire a new one," he said. - GMANews.TV

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