PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said the temporary ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait will be made permanent as the crisis over the rescue of distressed employers has deepened.

“The ban stays permanently. There will be no more recruitment, especially for domestic helpers. No more,” Duterte said upon his arrival in Davao City from Singapore where he attended the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders’ summit.

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