Unfortunately, due to recent events in Bahrain, many people seem to agree with the decision to ban visas for incoming Bangladeshis. However, this action is only due to an exaggerated stereotype, a claim that Bangladeshi civilians must be “murderous” due to several Bangladeshi workers who committed horrid crimes in the past few years, which of […]

ABU DHABI — The Filipina housemaid E.F., who jumped from the second floor in an attempt to escape from her employer told investigators that she was trying to run away because she was over-worked and wanted to seek a better job.
The Abu Dhabi Police have referred the case to the Public Prosecution for appropriate action […]

Via the BBC:
An Indonesian housemaid has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of killing her employer, the Saudi interior ministry has said.
The woman was beheaded in the southern Asir province, in what was the second execution in the country in 2008.
The maid was earlier found guilty of suffocating her female boss and stealing […]

Kuwait times - Wednesday November 7, 2007
The family of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti Court is calling on President Macapagal Arroyo for more help. Rosario Ranario, father of Marilou Ranario said more government help was needed not that the Kuwaiti Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on November […]

The following article is reported by Agence France Presse (AFP) and has been republished in The Daily Star -
A couple who tried to treat a Filipino maid like an inmate of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison have been jailed in Dubai for three years for torture and sexual harassment, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The victim, […]