MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government said Saturday it will take steps to assess and prevent abuses including rape and maltreatment of Filipino workers in Kuwait, after a housemaid was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of the pregnant Filipino worker who was raped and murdered in Kuwait has rejected the employer’s “blood money” as ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Monday barred its citizens from traveling to Kuwait for employment, accusing the oil-rich Gulf state of turning a blind eye to the abuse and even killing of ...

As many as 10,000 Filipino workers in Kuwait are expected to take up the Philippines government's offer of a free flight home after the body of their compatriot was found stuffed in a freezer.

A top Catholic bishop joined labor activists in the Philippines to demand justice for a female migrant worker allegedly murdered after rape in Kuwait. The call has been made after the authorities in ...

Philippine authorities say they have conveyed to Kuwait their "strong surprise and great displeasure" over the Gulf country's decision to expel their envoy within a week. The expulsion announced ...

A senior Kuwaiti official on Monday sought to calm a crisis with the Philippines over the treatment of domestic workers in the oil-rich Gulf state. The resulting row deepened last week after Kuwaiti ...

(UPDATE) AN overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was sentenced to death in Kuwait for the death of her employer’s infant child, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) reported on Thursday. Based on local ...

The family of a Filipino female migrant worker raped and murdered in Kuwait has rejected an offer of “blood money” from her employer, reports say. The father of the slain worker, Jullebee Ranara, 35, ...