Manila, Feb. 17 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is implementing stricter measures for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) going to Kuwait to ensure their safety.

In a Bagong Pilipinas interview on Monday, DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said this is in response to the recent tragic cases involving OFWs.

Instead of an outright deployment ban, he said the government is enforcing tighter screening processes not only for the Filipino workers, but for their prospective employers as well.

"What is on top would be tighter deployment measures. Ang isang nakikita natin dito sa deployment ng OFWs for Kuwait, iyong worker pumipirma ng kontrata, nakapangalan doon iyong employer pero hindi niya kilala iyong employer (What we see here in the d...