MANILA, Philippines —The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Friday identified the three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who perished in the fire at a building in Mangaf, Kuwait on Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines —The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration on Friday identified the three Overseas Filipino Workers who perished in the fire at a building in Mangaf, Kuwait on Wednesday.Speaking on Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon on Friday from Japan, OWWA Administrator Arnell Ignacio identified the victims as Jesus Oliveros Lopez, Edwin Petras Petilla, and Jeffrey Fabrigas Catubay.
Ignacio also said five of the 11 Filipinos who were working in the building housing foreign workers were safe, while two others, identified as Michael Dizon and Julio Montemayor, were in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in the Middle Eastern country, and one, named Mario Bruce, has beendischarged.'The five Filipinos who were not affected by the blaze were transferred to another accommodation by their company,' he said in Filipino.
Identifies Filipino Fatalities In Kuwait Fire
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