Philippines Reviews Ban on Sending Workers to Kuwait Following Tragedies

MANILA, Jan 16: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is weighing the possibility of banning the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Kuwait following the recent deaths of two OFWs, Dafnie Nacalaban and Jenny Alvarado. Nacalaban was reported missing by her second employer in October and was later found dead at the residence of … Read more

South Korea Launches Safety Inspections on Boeing Aircraft Following Deadly Crash

Seoul. South Korean officials announced Monday that they would carry out safety inspections on all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines, as investigators continue to determine the cause of a plane crash that killed 179 people a day earlier. The crash on Sunday, South Korea’s deadliest aviation disaster in decades, has shocked the … Read more