Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Friday, Feb. 23, that the fate of Jullebee Ranara and other OFWs who fell victim to injustice should serve as a stark reminder to continuously ensure the safety and welfare of Filipinos abroad. Villanueva lauded the decision of the Kuwaiti appellate...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (PPAB) Perpetrators of violence against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) won’t go unpunished. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo gave this statement on Thursday, Feb. 22, after the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld the guilty...
Following the conviction of the Kuwaiti tagged in the brutal murder of overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is now pursuing civil action for damages against the father of her killer. DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said they have...
President Marcos has commended Philippine government agencies and Kuwaiti authorities for their pursuit of justice for slain overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara. (Photo courtesy of PCO) Marcos, who is currently in Singapore, made the statement following the conviction of Ranara's...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) The Kuwaiti court's conviction of Filipino domestic helper Jullebee Ranara's killer sends a positive message to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) all over the world, says House Speaker Martin Romualdez. "We thank the authorities...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Facebook) The Kuwaiti court's verdict in the brutal murder of Jullebee Ranara shows that crimes against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) won't go unpunished. House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairman Kabayan...
Jullebee Ranara’s remains are flown home to the Philippines last January 2023 (MANILA BULLETIN) OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino has hailed the Kuwait juvenile justice court's conviction of the late Jullebee Ranara's killer, but at the same...
A Kuwaiti court has convicted the perpetrator behind the killing of Jullebee Ranara, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was raped, killed and burned by the son of her employer in January. The Juvenile Court of Kuwait sentenced 17-year-old Turki Ayed Al-Azmi to 15 years of...
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has put to task the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to look into reports that some recruitment agencies are owned by foreign nationals. Estrada pointed out foreign ownership of placement agencies is a matter prohibited in the licensing and regulation rules of...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Undersecretary Maria Anthonette Velasco-Allones said Wednesday, February 8, that DMW Secretary Susan Ople is considering banning the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to Kuwait pending talks on how to protect OFWs in that Middle East country. While...
The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs favored the temporary suspension of deployment of first-time and newly-hired domestic workers to Kuwait, which the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced Wednesday, Feb. 8. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left) and OFW...
Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ T. Tulfo reiterated today, Jan. 6, a deployment ban of Filipino Overseas Workers (OFWs) in Kuwait following media reports about a Filipino domestic helper who has been paralyzed after escaping her abusive employer in that Middle East country. Tulfo, chairman of the...
