COVID
SA Hulyo 7 ay iuuwi na sa bansa ang labi ng mga overseas Filipino workers sa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sa pagdinig ng House committee on Accounts kahapon, sinabi ni Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello III na inaprubahan na ito ng Inter-Agency Task Force on Covid-19.
“Nobody objected to my proposal to bring them (cadavers) back to our country. The government will repatriate their (OFWs) remains by July 7,” ani Bello. “Upon arrival to the country of OFWs’ remains, immediate cremation will be undertaken and give the ashes to their family members.”
Ayon sa Department of Labor and Employment 287 ang nasawing OFW sa KSA. Sa mga ito 107 ang nasawi sa coronavirus disease 2019.
Nagpasalamat si House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez sa aksyon ng DOLE sa hinaing ng mga OFW.
“This is a very difficult moment to the families whose loved ones died while working hard abroad. We support and hail the malasakit proposal of Sec. Bello to bring back home the remains of our kababayans,” ani Romualdez.