In recent years, internet search traffic for "Ruffa Gutierrez Scandal" has occasionally experienced a resurgence due to an entirely separate, domestic controversy. In , Gutierrez was accused of improperly dismissing two domestic helpers from her residence in Ayala Alabang without paying their full wages.
In 1993, then-Senator Ernesto Maceda initiated a Senate inquiry into the alleged illegal recruitment of Filipino actresses and beauty queens to work as "entertainers" or high-class prostitutes for the royal family and elite in Brunei. Ruffa Gutierrez Brunei Scandal
The controversy spurred the evolution of derogatory terms in local slang, with "Brunei-yuki"—a take on "Japayuki" (Filipinos working in Japan)—used to refer to the allegations. In recent years, internet search traffic for "Ruffa
