Philippines set to impose partial ban on maids to Kuwait

Jeanelyn Villavende — PHOTO COURTESY OF NELLY PADERNAL

PHILIPPINES, ANN, Jan 3 -- The government is set to impose a partial ban on labor traffic to Kuwait, after another Filipino maid was killed by her employer in the oil-rich Gulf state.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said on Thursday that the ban was recommended by Labor Attaché Nasser Mustafa and subject to the approval of the board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).