00:00News in the Senate, Senator Rafi Tulfo proposed a deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers
00:05or OFWs to Kuwait after reports of abuse and deaths.
00:09The Department of Migrant Workers or DMW pledged to review the proposal and improve worker
00:15welfare including regular checks and psychological screenings.
00:19Senator Joel Villanueva suggested waiting for the DMW study before deciding.
00:24Tulfo's recommendation follows the death of OFW Jenny Alvarado, believed to have died
00:29from suffocation.
