Palace backtracks on Kuwait ban

MALACAÑANG on Monday clarified that the “permanent” ban on deploying workers to Kuwait announced by President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday would be lifted when the Philippines and the Persian Gulf state reach an agreement on labor protection.

“What the President announced is the maintenance of the status quo, until we have reached or signed the MOU (memorandum of understanding) providing for the minimum terms and conditions of our nationals, the ban stays,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said in a press briefing.