LOOK: OFW returns to PH after President Duterte saved her life from Death Row

Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jennifer Dalquez, has returned to the Philippines after President Duterte saved her life from a death row in Al Ain Prison, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Jennifer, a household worker from General Santos City, was meted the death sentence for murdering her employer in 2014. She maintained that she accidentally killed her employer in self-defense, when he attempted to rape her at knifepoint on December 7, 2014.

Jennifer was sentenced to death in May 2015 but was acquitted of murder by the Court of Appeals in Al Ain in June 2017. The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) through the Philippine Embassy in the UAE provided her legal assistance and worked for her acquittal.


Although acquitted of murder charges, she had to finish serving her jail term. An Inquirer report quoted Alicia as saying that her daughter finished serving her jail term on October 25.

PALACE MEETING. A tearful Jennifer Dalquez hugs President Rodrigo Duterte when she met with him in Malacañang on November 6, 2018. Malacañang photo

In a tweet, Cacdac said Duterte was a "shoulder to cry on" for the 29-year-old Dalquez. He also described the Palace meeting as "tearful" and "joyous."

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He told Rappler that Dalquez, during the meeting, "was thankful for the President's help in bringing her home."

Jennifer had been an OFW in the UAE since December 2011, and had at least 4 employers. Her first employer also attempted to rape her in March 2012.

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While she was acquitted of murder charges in 2017, she had to serve a jail term for theft that ended on October 25, the DFA said.




"I respect your Justice System. But I feel that if you hang my Countrymen, then I will just declare a total Deployment Ban for the entire United Arab Emirates". - Pres. Rodrigo Duterte on UAE Officials thru Sec. Sylvestre Bello.

“If you execute her, I will pull out every Filipino in your country. Everyone needs to be protected. It is my duty to protect them all.” said President Duterte.

The group, however, also reminded people of other OFWs on death row and in prison, like Mary Jane Veloso. "As we laud our triumph, let us never lose sight of our fellow Filipinos who are still on death row and those thousands of other OFWs languishing in prison," it said.

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Dalquez has received assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Department of Labor and Employment, and OWWA.

GRATITUDE. Jennifer Dalquez thanks President Rodrigo Duterte for the government's help in securing her acquittal in the United Arab Emirates. Malacañang photo

DOLE has given livelihood assistance to her parents and a scholarship to her child.

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Source: Rappler, Facecbook