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    Remains of Filipino Woman Found in Kuwaiti Freezer Will Return Home

    Body to be repatriated, as President Rodrigo Duterte bans Filipino workers from deploying to Gulf nation

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    The remains of a slain Filipino woman found in a freezer in Kuwait will be repatriated Friday, Philippine officials said, after the killing prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to ban Filipino workers from deploying to the wealthy Gulf nation.

    Mr. Duterte declared the ban earlier this week and said that he would bring thousands of Filipinos home, saying that Kuwait had taken insufficient means to protect workers, and that a Filipino is “no slave to anyone, anywhere.’’ The Philippines estimates that 250,000 of its citizens are...

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