Updated at 12:05 am

LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd said on Wednesday that the deployment ban on household service workers (HSWs) and construction workers to Saudi Arabia will remain until it has complied with the demand of the Philippine government for the fair treatment and protection of Filipino workers and the settlement of P4.5 billion in back wages and benefits of some 10,000 Filipinos.

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