Marissa Magsino, a party-list lawmaker representing OFWs, says the bilateral agreement between the Philippines and Kuwait is ‘weak’ and must be strengthened.
MANILA, Philippines – There must never be another case of an overseas Filipino worker dying the way domestic workerIn a media forum on Friday, party-list lawmaker Magsino called for a stronger bilateral agreement between the Philippines and Kuwait, and suggested that a Filipino lawyer be sent to collaborate with the Kuwaiti lawyer assigned to Ranara’s case.Tungkol po dito sa nangyari kay Jullebee, ayaw natin na mangyari uli ito.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who visited Ranara’s wake on Monday, January 30, said that the Philippines was Magsino said that the lawyer assigned to the case is a Department of Foreign Affairs -hired, Kuwaiti counsel who has handled cases with the Philippine post before. She suggested that a Filipino lawyer must be hired to attend to the case as well.Sinabi ko dapat magkaroon tayo ng isang Filipino lawyer with the Kuwaiti laywer para mag-collaborate sila, dahil iba po ang batas sa Kuwait. Ang batas natin iba. Ang batas nila iba.
Ignacio reiterated some forms of support the OWWA extended to and facilitated for the Ranara family, including around P800,000 in insurance and educational support for Ranara’s four young children.
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