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World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit, the world’s most influential travel and tourism announced Saturday, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host its 22nd Global Summit on November 29 this year, Trade Arabia reports. The announcement was made Read more
Roman Catholic Church in Bahrain held Sunday the first mass in the Gulf country, few days after inauguration of largest cathedral in the region. Father Saji Thomas led the Mass in “Our Lady of Arabia” church, which is located 20 Read more
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he wants to kill “recruiters of Philippines citizens who are sent to the Middle East where they are treated as slaves,” in a new bout with Kuwait following the death of another Filipina housemaid. Read more
The embassy of the Philippines in Saudi Arabia has warned its expatriates to stay away from unsanctioned parties and avoid throwing Halloween and Christmas parties after 17 Filipinos were arrested early this week for taking part in a Halloween party Read more
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines started Sunday a four-day state visit to Israel for talks on bilateral cooperation with arms sales being part of the agenda. Talks with Israeli authorities will revolve around “defense and security, law enforcement, economic Read more
Kuwaiti popular figure Sondo al-Qattan has refused to apologize to the public after she made comments castigating the country’s decision to provide better working conditions to Filipinas. The woman who is reckoned as an influencer in the Gulf country Monday Read more
Foreign Minister of Philippines Friday said he would advise the President to lift “immediately” the February ban on the deployment of Filipinos as domestic workers in Kuwait as the two countries inked new regulations to govern these workers’ recruitment. Alan Read more
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Sunday vowed to citizens in Singapore that he would go at length to bring back overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East including in Kuwait with whom diplomatic ties have become sour over a series Read more
Kuwaiti authorities have enforced the threats to expel the ambassador of Philippines, Renato Villa, giving him a week deadline to leave the country over the controversial rescue operations of Filipino house workers without the consent of the Kuwaiti authorities. Villa Read more
Kuwait has expressed regrets and threatens to expel Philippines’ envoy after the diplomat confirmed to media that the embassy has been helping Filipina house workers flee their employers in the Gulf country. Already strained ties between Kuwait and Philippines worsened Read more