CAPIZ – The families of two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from this province who died in a fire in Kuwait last December received financial assistance from the provincial government.
Gov. Fredenil Castro personally handed a check worth P100,000 to each family recipient yesterday, January 23.
“Nahibaluan nga ang kabangdanan sang ila pagkamatay amo ang suffocation bangod sang aso nga ila naginhawa gikan sa nasambit nga sunog. Apisar nga na utod ang handum nila, luyag nga pamag-anon sang gobyerno probinsyal ang balatyagon sang ila pamilya kag tani mapadayun ang ila handum pinaagi sang ini nga bulig,” read part of the provincial government’s statement.
The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office and Capiz Public Employment Service Office facilitated the release of the aforementioned assistance following a close coordination with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed the deaths of the two OFWs on December 2, 2024.
Labor Attaché Manuel Dimaano of the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Kuwait also reported that the fire started in a residence located in the Al Adan area of the Mubarak Al Kabeer governorate, south of Kuwait City.
“According to the report, the workers’ cause of death was attributed to the inhalation of non-breathable, toxic gases from the fire,” Dimaano said.
Following the tragic incident, Dimaano assured that the MWO was working on the repatriation of the victims’ remains to the Philippines.
The DMW had also extended financial and emotional support to the families of the deceased./PN
