THE total deployment ban to Kuwait stays, Malacañang said on Tuesday, even after murder charges were filed against the employers of slain Filipina domestic worker Jeanelyn Villavende.

Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo made the statement after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd disclosed in a Senate hearing on Tuesday that he has been informed of the filing of a criminal case against Villavende'a killers.

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