A resolution was filed at the House of Representatives urging an investigation into the suspicious death of a Filipino OFW in Kuwait. Dafnie Nacalaban, a household service worker, was found buried in her employer's yard after being reported missing. The lawmaker representing Nacalaban highlighted the dangers OFWs, especially household workers, face abroad and called on the Kuwaiti government for an impartial investigation and improved employment conditions for Filipino workers.
A resolution was filed at the House of Representatives urging it to look into the “tragic and suspicious” death of 35-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Dafnie Nacalaban in Kuwait .Resolution 2151, filed by a Mindanao lawmaker, said his OFW constituent has died under “suspicious circumstances.” Rodriguez said Nacalaban was employed in Kuwait as a household service worker since December 2019. He said in October last year, her employer reported her missing. Three months later, last Dec.
31, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced that the OFW’s body was found buried in the yard of her employer’s home in Saad Al-Abdullah, Jahra, Kuwait. “It was reported that the suspect in her killing was said to have also killed his Filipina girlfriend a few months earlier,” Rodriguez said. “As a sign of her dedication to building a brighter future for her loved ones, Dafnie Nacalaban had planned to come home in December 2024 to live with her family and construct a house,” he said. The lawmaker pointed out that his constituent’s “premature and tragic passing brings to light the dangers many OFWs, especially those in vulnerable circumstances like household workers, suffer.” He added that what happened to Nacalaban was “not an isolated incident, as previous reports of abuse, maltreatment and death of OFWs abroad continue to surface, demanding immediate and sustained government action.” The Mindanao lawmaker noted that in Kuwait in particular, Filipinos workers have to endure harsh and inhumane treatment from employers, prompting the government at one time to suspend deployment there of OFWs until employment conditions improved. “We urge the Kuwaiti government to conduct an exhaustive and an impartial investigation of the death of Dafnie Nacalaban, and to offer better employment terms for our OFWs,” he sai
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