{"id":266828,"date":"2020-08-28T04:50:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266828"},"modified":"2020-08-28T04:50:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:50:34","slug":"4th-batch-of-saudi-ofws-remains-arrive-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/28\/4th-batch-of-saudi-ofws-remains-arrive-home\/","title":{"rendered":"4th batch of Saudi OFWs&#8217; remains arrive home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_266830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266830\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/saudi-ofw-remains.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/saudi-ofw-remains.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/saudi-ofw-remains.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/saudi-ofw-remains-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-266830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FALLEN HEROES. The caskets of the fourth batch of deceased OFWs repatriated from Saudi Arabia are unloaded from a Philippine Airlines chartered flight at the NAIA Terminal 3 on Friday (Aug. 28, 2020). The government has so far repatriated 267 remains of deceased OFWs from the kingdom. (Photo courtesy of DOLE via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The remains of 75 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died in Saudi Arabia arrived in the country on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the fourth batch of deceased OFWs arrived at the Ninoy Aquino Internal Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 via Philippine Airlines (PAL) chartered flight PR 8683 past 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Of the number, 62 succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) while 13 others died of other causes.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Bello said the massive repatriation of overseas Filipino workers &#8212; dead or alive &#8212; amid the global health crisis is more than a duty of the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re doing this not just because it&#8217;s our duty. This is the government&#8217;s way of paying respect and giving recognition to our modern-day heroes\u2019 valuable contribution to the growth of the Filipino families and the country,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival brings to 267 the total number of deceased OFWs from Saudi Arabia that were repatriated to the country, including the first three batches brought home in July.<\/p>\n<p>Bello added that three more bodies of OFWs from Riyadh, that were not accommodated in the chartered flight, were brought home on another PAL commercial flight. They died of non-Covid-19 causes.<\/p>\n<p>From the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City, the remains classified as Covid-19 cases were immediately brought to nearby crematoriums while the rest were transported to their respective provinces at government expense.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Undersecretary Cesar Yano led the welcome ceremonies for the deceased modern-day heroes, together with former labor secretary Marianito Roque representing Bello, and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) administrator Hans Leo Cacdac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The remains of 75 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died in Saudi Arabia arrived in the country on Friday. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":266830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266831,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266828\/revisions\/266831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}