A PREVENTIVE suspension of the employer of slain Pinay house helper in Kuwait has been issued by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
“Upon review of the case involved and with the existing facts we had, we filed, the Department of Migrant Workers filed … the employer involved, and we already issued an order preventively suspending the employer of OFW Jullebee Ranara,” DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said in a press briefing.
“Ang ibig sabihin ng preventive suspension ay hindi siya puwedeng mag-hire ng OFW ngayon at kailanman (The preventive suspension means the employer could no longer hire OFWs starting from now and forever). The preventive suspension will later on lead to a blacklisting upon the termination of the proceedings,” Olalia added.
The DMW is also set to file cases against the recruitment agencies of Ranara.
“After examination of the facts involved, by next week, there will be a recruitment violation case that will be filed against the PRA (Philippine recruitment agency) and the FRA (foreign recruitment agency) involved,” Olalia said.
Following Ranara’s death, the DMW will be holding a meeting with all local recruitment agencies sending household services workers to Kuwait to discuss issues and concerns regarding deployment in the said country.
Ranara’s body was found abandoned in a desert. She was apparently impregnated by the 17-year-old son of her employer who is now under police custody.
The remains of the slain OFW Jullebee Ranara arrived in the country on Friday night, 9:44 p.m., 27 January. Ranara, 34, married with four children, was found dead at the Salmi road in Kuwait on January 21. Ranara’s body appeared charred, with fractures to the skull, face, lower jaw, and brain laceration.
