News Updates on Filipinos in Kuwait

A man posing as a doctor and lured a Filipina to his fake clinic in Kuwait has been arrested. In a news report by Kuwait Times, the man, an Egyptian national, ran a clinic in Farwaniya where he brought the Filipina and raped her. In her…
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A Filipino woman has been arrested by operatives of Kuwait's Criminal Evidences Department for committing "immoral acts" in return for money, Al-Shahed daily reported. The suspect reportedly began working as cleaner of bachelor…
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While we often read employer maltreatment and helper abuse that appears on the news, it's not always that case. Instead of being deprived of food, rest or peppered with verbal invectives, a Filipina domestic helper in Kuwait is getting…
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A Filipino worker in Kuwait has been arrested after it was discovered that he suffers from AIDS, Arab Times reported. Based on a press statement issued by the Ministry of Interior, the General Department of Public Relations and Media…
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A Filipina married to an Egyptian man has filed a complaint against her husband accusing him of assaulting her over domestic dispute in Kuwait. According to Kuwait Times, the complaint, which has been filed at Nugra police station,…
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The Philippines is studying proposals to suspend the deployment of Filipino domestic workers to Kuwait as the volume of cases of alleged abuses continue to rise. Department of Labour and Employment Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad and…
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A new medical screening proceedure for Filipinos aiming to work in Kuwait has been met with strong opposition from migrant groups, saying this could lead to a "new cartel of medical clinics charging exorbitant fees" to overseas Filipino…
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Police authorities in Kuwait are looking for two citizens of Syria for allegedly raping a Filipino woman, according to Arab Times citing Al-Anba daily. The Filipina reported to Nugra Police Statio and said one of the men offered her a…
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A total of 143 Filipinos who experienced various forms of abuse from their employers in Kuwait are returning back to the Philippines. Each of them bringing their own story of ordeal and renewed hopes of new life, now being with their…
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Eight cargo forwarding companies based in Kuwait are among companies blacklisted foreign forwarders and consolidators by the Department of Trade and Industry  (DTI) in its July 2016 advisory. The list was compiled by the DTI based on…
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