The Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is looking to reimpose a ban on the deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait, following the death of another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in the country early this week.
"It's an option," Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello said in a text message Thursday night when asked if the government would reimpose the deployment ban on Kuwait after the death of 47-year-old Constancia Lago Dayag, an OFW from Agadanan, Isabela.
Bello said he received a report that the domestic worker was brought to the Al Sabah Hospital this week but was declared dead on arrival. Her body bore signs of abuse and sexual assault.
In a separate text message, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) administrator, Bernard Olalia, noted that the body's governing board may include the possible deployment ban in the agenda of its regular meeting.
The POEA chief added that at the moment, there is no deployment ban on Kuwait.
Meanwhile, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) administrator, Hans Leo Cacdac, said they are ready to provide financial assistance to Dayag's family.
On Thursday, Bello condemned the death of the worker. "The horrible fate of Ms Dayag is deeply saddening and utterly condemnable."