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Philippines to lift OFW ban to Kuwait in steps
The Philippines is starting to lift the complete ban of deploying Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to Kuwait after the two countries reached an agreement...
Filipino worker ban to Kuwait now permanent
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on April 29 that a ban on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from heading to Kuwait that's been in effect...
OFW ban sours Kuwait-Philippines relations as hundreds flee their employers
Hundreds of Filipino domestic staff in Kuwait fled from their employers to the Philippines embassy after President Rodrigo Duterte offered them a free light...
Filipinos banned from working in Kuwait, over 2,000 desperate to go home
The Philippine government on February 12 signed an administrative order to completely ban the deployment of Oversea Filipino Workers (OFWs) to Kuwait, according to...
East Timor to send maids to Malaysia
Following Indonesia's decision to stop sending female household workers abroad, East Timor says it is ready to let its women work as domestic maids...
Indonesia to miss out on $2bn in remittances after Mideast maids ban
The decision of the Indonesian government to stop allowing maids and other low-skilled labourers to take on jobs in the Middle East and North...
Myanmar to export household workforce to Singapore
The term Overseas Myanmar Workers, or OMW, has still to be coined, but the government in the former pariah state has recognised that legal...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...