DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan Ople will lead a top level mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) next month to discuss bilateral concerns, including the payment of P4.
5 billion in unpaid wages and other benefits of around 10,000 overseas Filipino workers whose companies went bankrupt in 2014.Ople was invited by KSA Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development Minister Ahmad bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi to visit the Kingdom on May 24 for a bilateral meeting on labor concerns.'We have accepted the warm invitation sent by the Saudi government through the MHRSD and look forward to a very successful and productive visit,' she said.
by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman when they met at the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Bangkok in November 2022.The prince vowed to provide the funds to pay the aggrieved Filipino workers.'We thank most of all Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman for his compassionate and generous leadership that affirms his sincere friendship with President Marcos Jr.
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