AN overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Kuwait who was sentenced to death in 2008 for killing his Filipina partner is now a free man following the clemency recently granted by the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Philippine Embassy in Kuwait Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. and Consul General Mohd. Noordin Pendosina N. Lomondot sent off OFW Bienvenido Espino at the Kuwait International Airport on 30 August 2020—13 years since he was detained at the Sulaibiya Central Jail, and 12 years since the Philippine government first sought the Amiri pardon for the convicted Filipino. The Embassy facilitated Espino’s repatriation back to the Philippines. DFA Photo