DOLE Chief Names New Labor Attaché to Kuwait

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has named a new labor attaché to Kuwait, Alejandro Padaen, who is expected to arrive in Kuwait by February 15.

Bello recalled assistant labor attaché, Angelita Narvaez, for “inaction and a lack of concern for the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there”, Inquirer quoted Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello as saying.

Bello said Narvaez did not inform him of the case of Amy Capulong Santiago when he flew to Kuwait after concluding the third round of talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF in Rome, Italy.

Santiago was the Filipina household who died at a hospital at 10 p.m. on January 25 after she was allegedly beaten by her employer.

“Santiago died on January 25. I was there on January 26 and Narvaez did not inform me about Santiago’s tragic fate. Narvaez, in effect, misled the Secretary of the Department of Labor by concealing that information,” Bello said.

He added that Narvaez also deliberately prevented him from meeting the OFWs at the Bahay Kalinga.

“I was told by an OFW who returned from Kuwait that there were about 100 Filipino workers who were at the second floor. Itinago niya,” local reports quoted Bello as saying.

(Source: FilipinoTimes.ae)