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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vd8gSi7MtOA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - China needs 100,000 English teachers, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Tuesday, as the Philippines eyed Beijing as an alternative market for migrant workers repatriated from Kuwait. </p><p>Manila on Monday announced a total ban on the deployment of Kuwait-bound OFWs following the recent deaths of 7 Filipinos in the oil-rich nation. The Philippines is mulling sending affected workers to other countries like <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/11/18/dole-eyes-china-russia-for-ofws-repatriated-from-kuwait">China and Russia</a>, Bello had said. </p><p>English teachers could earn as much as $1,500 (P78,000) per month in China, he told DZMM. </p><p>The Asian superpower, he added, is also in need of English-speaking household workers. </p><p>The Philippines and China may sign a bilateral agreement on the deployment of OFWs &quot;within the month or next month&quot;, Bello said. </p><p>Manila is also eyeing similar accords with Israel, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Japan, he said. </p><p>Authorities say 252,000 Filipinos work in Kuwait, many as maids. They are among over 2 million employed in the region, whose remittances are a lifeline to the Philippine economy.</p><p>Last Friday, President Rodrigo Duterte hit out at Kuwait as he brandished photos reportedly of a Filipina maid found in a freezer, saying she had been &quot;roasted like a pig&quot;. </p><p>Duterte has been vocal on the issue of abuse of Filipinos in the Middle East, even threatening a ban on citizens working anywhere in the region. </p><p>He also alleged Arab employers routinely raped their Filipina workers, forced them to work 21 hours each day and fed them scraps. </p><div><strong>With a report from Agence France-Presse </strong></div>

<p>MANILA - China needs 100,000 English teachers, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Tuesday, as the Philippines eyed Beijing as an alternative market for migrant workers repatriated from Kuwait. </p>

MANILA - China needs 100,000 English teachers, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Tuesday, as the Philippines eyed Beijing as an alternative market for migrant workers repatriated from Kuwait.

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