Kuwait – Page 7 – Asia Times

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration building. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines

‘Kafala system makes workers prone to abuse’

by Asia Times staff March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

The Gulf state of Kuwait, where many Filipinos work. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Envoy denies ‘smuggling’ workers into Kuwait events

by Asia Times staff March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A Filipino domestic worker says she was abused by her employer, a police officer in Kuwait. Photos: Facebook, Wikimedia Commons

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Abused maid rescued from police officer in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Noblevmy

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Returnee says many fellow Filipinos abused in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff March 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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Kuwait ensures Filipino maids can keep phones, passports

by Asia Times staff March 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The Filipino maid was not wearing any safety gear while she was cleaning the windows on the second floor of her employer's home. Photo: YouTube

AT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore

Maid filmed cleaning 2nd-floor windows without safety gear

by Asia Times staff March 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Hong Kong. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Yinan Chen

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Macau, Middle East, Philippines

Kuwaiti diplomat fails to get work visa for maid in HK

by Asia Times staff March 7, 2018February 18, 2020

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Photo: Flickr Commons

Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

What’s wrong with UK’s approach to the Middle East?

by Tatiana Kanunnikova March 7, 2018March 8, 2018

Jeanette Plegaria died in Kuwait after her employer starved her. Photo: Facebook, iStock

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Agency at risk of being shut down after maid dies in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A new Cold War fomented by Russian President Vladimir Putin requires a stern response from the United States. The author says the US needs to make it clear that Americans are open to a more normal relationship with Russia if it acts with greater restraint.Image: iStock/Aquir

European Union, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

The US must harden its response to Putin’s new Cold War

by Richard N. Haass March 4, 2018March 4, 2018

Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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Manila, Kuwait set to finalize pact on workers’ protection

by Asia Times staff March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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Former HK maid regrets referring Demafelis to Kuwait

by Asia Times staff March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

People walk in Mall of Qatar in Doha, on July 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Naseem Zeitoon

AT Finance, Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Turkey, World

Qatar weathers the storm

by Jonathan Gorvett March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, boulanger.IE

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Ban on labor deployments may be extended to other countries

by Asia Times staff March 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Mikael Lindmark

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Maid who was allegedly tortured rescued in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: iStock

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Saudi Arabia ban considered after reports of maid auctions

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

The Duterte government has banned Filipinos from working in Kuwait because of the gross abuse workers such as Demafelis have endured. Photo: iStock

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Maid was ‘unconscious before being stuffed into freezer’

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Rogelio Padilla (left) and his wife Maricel Agustin (right). Photos via Facebook

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Filipina maid in Kuwait found after contact lost for several years

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Jeanette Plegaria, who had not seen her daughter in 11 years, has died in Kuwait after allegedly being malnourished. Photos: Facebook

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Maid who didn’t see daughter for 11 yrs dies in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Maryam

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Maid accuses employer of abuse in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wears a hardhat at the country's customs bureau. Photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe

AT Finance, Bahrain, China, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, World

Does Duterte really care about overseas workers?

by Analiza Liezl Perez-Amurao February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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Embassy helps distressed maid shown in viral video

by Asia Times staff February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

A Filipino woman was reunited with her one-year-old daughter after they had been separated for three months. Photos: Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs

AT Finance, India, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia

Embassy reunites toddler with Filipino mother in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Sara Duterte (inset) and
the hundreds of Filipino workers who gathered at Chan Meng Kam Theater in Macau. Photo: Facebook, Tapang at Malasakit Alliance for the Philippines

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Duterte’s children visit Filipino workers in Macau, Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers are seen on the construction site for the Al-Wakrah Stadium, a World Cup venue designed by celebrated Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, some 15 kilometers outside Doha, on February 6, 2018. Photo: Karim Jaafar / AFP

Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, France, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

Saudi claims that Qatar to be stripped of World Cup: no basis

by Sami Moubayed February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanon Photo: iStock

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Employer of Filipina maid ‘found dead in freezer’ arrested

by Asia Times staff February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

People walk through the damage, after an air raid in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh

China, France, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Can UN Security Council end carnage in Syria’s Ghouta?

by Asia Times and Reuters February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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Kuwaiti columnist urges kindness to domestic workers

by Asia Times staff February 23, 2018February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte may expand the ban on Filipinos working in other countries. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, Presidential Communications Operations Office, Mikael Lindmark

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Labor ban to Kuwait may expand to other countries

by Asia Times staff February 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Dammam, capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Maid thought to be in coma found safe in Saudi Arabia

by Asia Times staff February 23, 2018February 18, 2020