Pinay cleaner in Saudi Arabia hurt in fall

MANILA, Philippines — A female Filipino OFW (overseas Filipino worker) in Saudi Arabia was seriously injured after she fell from a building allegedly during an altercation with her supervisor.

Janet Calayag, who works as a cleaner in the Jeddah branch of Saudi Manpower Solutions Co. (SMASCO), survived the fall but sustained critical injuries and is being treated in a hospital, according to the Philippine labor attache’s office.

SMASCO, however, claimed that Calayag jumped off the building. But news reports said Calayag was pushed off the building by an Arab coworker.

—Dona Z. Pazzibugan