Govt studying expansion of OFW deployment ban

Malacañang on Saturday said the Philippine government is still studying a possible expansion of a deployment ban to other countries that treat overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) unfairly.

In a news conference in Zamboanga dela Norte, Palace spokesman Harry Roque reiterated that President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to prohibit Filipinos from seeking jobs in Kuwait will remain in effect until justice is served to Joanna Demafelis, the Filipina domestic helper who was killed allegedly by her employers and found inside a freezer a year later.