Lawmakers thanked on Saturday, June 27, the Duterte government for its efforts to immediately repatriate the remains of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), including those who succumbed to COVID-19.
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez lauded the proposal of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to fly back home all the remains of 287 OFWs who died in Saudi Arabia, including the 107 coronavirus disease patients, which was approved by the members of the Inter-Agency Task Force during its meeting last Thursday.
“This is a very difficult moment for the families whose loved ones died while working hard abroad. We support and hail the malasakit proposal of Secretary Bello to bring back home the remains of our kababayans,” Romualdez said. Defensor, chairperson of the House Committee on Public Accounts, said, “Thank you President Duterte and Secretary Bello for honoring OFWs whotheir remains may give a little comfort to their loved ones in thisBello, a former partylist representative, said the repatriation of OFWs’ remains is scheduled on July 7.country. The government will repatriate their remains by Julywill be undertaken and the ashes will be given to their family members,” he added.
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