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Filipina DH, 65, dies of brain hemorrhage due to aneurysm

Posted on 08 September 2019 No comments

Hospital where the OFW was taken. (Photo: Google Maps)

A 65-year-old Filipino female domestic helper passed away in a hospital in Tsuen Wan on the evening of Sept 6 due to aneurysm, the Consulate confirmed on Sunday.

Mena D. Avecilla, from Alaminos, Laguna, reportedly collapsed in her employer’s house and was already comatose when rushed to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan.

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A migrant volunteer at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, Bebs Leonardo, said she learned about the death from a sister of the deceased, Rosenely Cristobal of the Laguna Workers Association, or LAWA.

Cristobal was seeking help in contacting the Consulate to report the death of Avecilla, and Leonardo was able to get the message through to ATN and to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

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On Sunday, the son of Avecilla’s employer and her sister went to the Consulate’s assistance to nationals section to report the death. ATN officer Danny Baldon said the employer’s son is now working on the repatriation as his mother is now living in Canada.

A son of Avecilla who works in

Saudi Arabia

will be arriving this week and help in securing the documentation process, Baldon added.

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The employer’s son reportedly told ATN that Avecilla, who had worked for his family since he was a child, suffered from an unspecified ailment and was taking daily maintenance medicine.- Vir B. Lumicao

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Pinoy in Cheung Chau burglary bid refused bail

Posted on 07 September 2019 No comments

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Cheung Chau island

A Filipino detained for allegedly trying to break into a building on Cheung Chau Island last month had his application to post $5,000 bail refused by the magistrate.

Teofilo Pila, a 28-year-old bartender in Central, appeared before Magistrate Bina Chainrai to apply for bail, but the magistrate rejected his application at the recommendation of the prosecution.

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Chainrai said Pila could not be granted bail because of the possibility that he would return to the island and re-offend. But she said he could pursue his bail application at the High Court.

Pila, a Hong Kong resident, was charged with attempted burglary on Aug 30 after he was arrested for trespassing into a building on Hok Loo Lane with intent to steal.

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The defendant allegedly tried to escape when somebody saw him break into a room on the second floor of the building, but witnesses were able to identify him in the crowd before police arrested him.

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Chainrai adjourned the case until Oct 25 for further investigation. – Vir B. Lumicao

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Filipina accused in $200k watch theft refused bail

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The helper was charged with stealing
two gold Piaget watches worth a total of $200k
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A Filipina domestic helper appeared in court on Friday, Sept 6, charged with stealing her employer’s two gold Piaget watches valued at $200,000. No plea was taken.

Carmelita Nones, 45, allegedly stole the watches belonging to her employer David Liang, between Jul 27 and Aug 11 in the employer’s residence on Deepwater Bay Road.

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Magistrate Bina Chainrai adjourned the case until Oct 18 for further investigation by the police. But the magistrate chided the prosecutor when she said she did not object to granting bail to the defendant.

“What? She is accused of stealing watches worth $200,000 and you are allowing her to post bail?” the magistrate told the prosecutor.

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The prosecutor quickly backtracked and objected to granting bail to Nones.

Chainrai ordered Nones remanded in custody but told her she could still apply for bail at the High Court, and could do so every eight days.

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But she said the court could not grant her bail because the case against her involved a serious breach of trust as she lived in her employer’s house. She also posed a flight risk because she has no local ties.

The magistrate also told the defendant to ask for a lawyer from the Duty Lawyer Service to represent her. – Vir B. Lumicao

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If your employer drives you out, ask if you’re being fired, DH told

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Tribunal officer says to always ask if you're being fired

A Filipina domestic helper who quit her employment at midnight of Jun 25 because her “madam” told her to “go downstairs” must have to prove she was terminated by the employer before she can claim wages in lieu of notice.

Thus ruled a Labour Tribunal presiding officer on Sept 5 as he dismissed Mylen Correa’s $4,520 claim for wages in lieu out of a set of items totaling more than $16,000 that she was claiming against her employer Cheng Wai-yee.

Presiding Officer David Chum also rejected Correa’s $4,600 claim for boarding house rents and $450 for visa extension costs, saying the maid incurred those costs because she did not leave Hong Kong and decided to pursue her case against Cheng.

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In the end, Correa and Cheng mutually agreed to a $5,551.99 settlement to avoid a trial. Chum warned the Filipina she would lose and end up paying costs.

Correa sought compensation because Cheng allegedly terminated her on the night of Jun 25. The employer insisted she did not fire the maid said she would demand a month’s wage in lieu of notice in a counterclaim.

Chum asked the helper what the employer told her when she was dismissing her.

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“You go down. I will not give you anything you want,” Correa quoted Cheng as saying. She added that as a result, she called the police.

Chum asked her in disbelief, “How can you say she dismissed you? She told you to go down with the police. You can return after that. You misunderstood her, you were getting too aggressive.”

The officer said the maid should have asked the employer pointblank, “Are you firing me now?” and if the latter answered “Yes,” then she was terminating her.

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Chum calculated the helper’s claims for arrears in wages of $3,756.66, air ticket price of $1,095.33 travel/food allowance of $100 and $600 in transport and document processing costs and reached a sum of $5,551.99.

Then he proposed that amount as a settlement, telling the maid that if she insisted on a trial she would lose. As for the employer, Chum said if she drops her counterclaim and pays Correa the amount, the case would be resolved that day.

After a brief meeting, both parties agreed to settle but the employer asked to pay the amount to the court on Sept 11.

Correa said she needed to fly home soon because her mother was dying, so she just assigned the collection to a friend. – Vir B. Lumicao

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