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Duterte orders total lifting of deployment ban to Kuwait

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MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the total lifting of the deployment ban of workers to Kuwait, Malacañang said Wednesday.&quot;Upon recommendation of Special Envoy to Kuwait Abdullah Mama-o, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte tonight instructed Secretary Silvestre Bello to totally lift the ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait,&quot; Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.Roque on Tuesday said the government has implemented the lifting of the deployment ban of skilled and semi-skilled workers after the two countries forged a deal to protect Filipino migrant workers in the Gulf state.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/15/18/palace-partial-lifting-of-deployment-ban-to-kuwait-begins">Palace: Partial lifting of deployment ban to Kuwait begins</a></li></ul>In February, Manila ordered a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait, following instructions from Duterte.The move came after a string of reported deaths and abuses on Filipino workers in Kuwait, including Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found in a freezer.Last Saturday, Roque also announced that the relationship of the two nations has returned to normal after a diplomatic row over the treatment of Filipino workers.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/18/palace-ph-kuwait-ties-back-to-normal">Palace: PH-Kuwait ties back to normal</a></li></ul><div> </div>

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the total lifting of the deployment ban of workers to Kuwait, Malacañang said Wednesday.

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the total lifting of the deployment ban of workers to Kuwait, Malacañang said Wednesday.