Press Release No. 22-2018

TOP SAUDI GOV'T LABOR OFFICIAL ASSURES THE CONSULATE OF HELP FOR OFWs, INCLUDING HOUSEHOLD SERVICE WORKERS, WITH LABOR PROBLEMS

Jeddah, 15 April 2018 - H.E. Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al-Tawi, Director General of the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development, Makkah Region, has assured Consul General Edgar Badajos of the Ministry's support and cooperation in helping OFWs, including Household Service Workers (HSW), with labor problems in the Kingdom. 

Consul General Badajos (right) discussing with Director General Al-Tawi (center)
the labor concerns of Filipino workers while POLO-Jeddah Translator Ms. Sarah
Kurshid translates conversation from Arabic to English and vice versa.  

Consul General Badajos (right) presents a gift to Director General Al-Tawi.

The Director General gave the assurance when Consul General Badajos called on him today, April 15, at the Ministry of Labor office in Jeddah.  With regards to HSWs, the Director General said that a new facility that will serve as temporary shelter for these workers while awaiting their repatriation will soon be completed.

Consul General Badajos (fifth from right) and Director General Al-Tawi (fifth from left) with
Philippine Consulate General and Ministry of Labor and Social Development (Makkah region branch) officials.

Consul General Badajos (fifth from right) and Director General Al-Tawi (fifth from left) with Philippine Consulate General and Ministry of Labor and Social Development (Makkah region branch) officials.

Consul General Badajos was accompanied at the courtesy call by Consul Rodney Jonas Sumague, Assistant Labor Attaché Delia Palomar, and other officials of the POLO-OWWA in Jeddah. END