UAE court defers execution of Pinay helper convicted of murder



A criminal court in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates has deferred the execution of a Filipina househelper who was convicted for killing her male employer in 2015, reports said.
A report on Khaleej Times said Al Ain's Criminal Court of First Instance deferred the execution of Jennifer Dalquez, 28, pending the decision of the victim's children whether they would make the decision final or opt for blood money.
The report said Dalquez may escape the death sentence altogether if the victim's two children refuse to swear in court and ask for blood money instead.
In order to uphold the court's decision to execute the Filipina, the victim's children must swear before the court 50 times, "in the name of Allah," that Dalquez is the sole killer of their father.
If the children refuse to swear in court, the blood money shall apply, the report said, citing an unnamed official.
Dalquez will then be given the opportunity to pay blood money of Dh200,000 to the victim’s family and serve a jail sentence to be decided by court.
Constancio Vingno Jr, the Philippine Ambassador to the UAE, said the Embassy respected the United Arab Emirates' judicial system and hoped for a "comprehensive appreciation of the case."
"We hope people will refrain from any public discussions that can have a negative outcome on her case," Vingno said in a report on The National.
Vingno told Gulf Today that Dalquez was represented by Atty. Nasser Al Shamsi and Assistance to Nationals Section translator staff Mustafa Bayanan.
Dalquez was sentenced to death for killing her employer on May 20, 2015. She insisted it was self defense as her employer, armed with a knife, was allegedly trying to rape her.
The Filipina has worked in the UAE since 2011 and was supposed to return home in January 2015.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has yet to respond to GMA News Online's request for a statement. —Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PCG: China’s bullying in West Philippine Sea undermines international law --- Ghio Ong - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — Letting China sustain its aggression in the West Philippine Sea would make other countries doubt the strength of international law currently being asserted by the Philippines, Commodore Jay Tarriela of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. “Allowing China to blatantly disregard the established rules-based order threatens the very foundation that we all depend on,” he wrote in a post on X last Tuesday. He added, “If we permit this, countries worldwide may forget why this order was created in the first place. Nations could begin to doubt the significance of adhering to international law if powerful bullies can easily violate it.” Tarriela also said defiance of other countries to a rules-based order would result in the prevalence of cruelty. He wrote, “This could lead us back to a time when might makes right, undermining the global structures that keep human greed, savagery and barbarism in check. Such a scenario would not only invite challenges from aggressive ...
Read more

China ships maintain presence in key West Philippine Sea areas --- Michael Punongbayan - The Philippine Star

STAR / Michael Varcas MANILA, Philippines — While Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) have decreased in number, they have maintained a presence in three key land features where naval and coast guard ships have intensified operations in the past seven days, according to the Philippine Navy. Latest monitoring by the Philippine Navy showed armed ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) maintaining a menacing presence around the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, Panatag Shoal and Escoda Shoal. According to the Philippine Navy, there are 17 Chinese military vessels and 28 China Coast Guard (CCG) boats spotted inside the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between Sept. 23 and 30, or one vessel more than in the previous week Sept.17-23. Five of the warships were seen roaming around the vicinity of Escoda Shoal, along with 10 CCG vessels and 12 maritime militia vessels (MMVs). There are also two PLAN ships in Ayungin Shoal as well as 10 CCG boats and 12...
Read more

Social media seen as cause of rising intermarriages --- Helen Flores - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) sees social media as the main reason for the rising number of Filipinos marrying or becoming partners of foreign nationals. In 2022, the CFO recorded 6,854 marriages or partnerships with foreign nationals, a 40.1 percent increase from the 4,891 “intermarriages” recorded in 2021. “First of all, what we see in the increase in the marriage rate of Filipinos or Filipinos with foreign partners is because of social media, (that) is number one; matchings; letters, introduction of their friends,” CFO chairperson Romulo Arugay said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing yesterday. Arugay said the agency has been registering a high number of intermarriages since 2007, but the figures went down during the COVID-19 pandemic. From over 6,500 Filipinos who married foreign nationals, only 600 are men, he said. Most of them are married to Americans, Japanese, Germans, Canadians and Australians, Arugay said. Arugay warned Fi...
Read more