{"id":92651,"date":"2017-03-06T17:59:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92651"},"modified":"2017-03-06T17:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:59:35","slug":"dfa-300-ofws-affected-by-qatar-fire-are-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/06\/dfa-300-ofws-affected-by-qatar-fire-are-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA: 300 OFWs affected by Qatar fire are safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92652\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17098516_626497274211138_2184982755162828467_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92652\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17098516_626497274211138_2184982755162828467_n.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThe embassy, including POLO (Philippine Overseas Labor Office) and DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) distributed beddings, clothing and food to those affected by the accident. The embassy is likewise coordinating with (their) employer for possible assistance,\u201d he added. (Photo: Philippine Embassy in Doha\/ Facebook)\" width=\"680\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17098516_626497274211138_2184982755162828467_n.jpg 680w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17098516_626497274211138_2184982755162828467_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe embassy, including POLO (Philippine Overseas Labor Office) and DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) distributed beddings, clothing and food to those affected by the accident. The embassy is likewise coordinating with (their) employer for possible assistance,\u201d he added. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DohaPhilEmbassy\">Philippine Embassy in Doha\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said all 300 Filipinos affected by the recent Qatar fire are safe.<\/p>\n<p>DFA spokesman and Assistant Secretary Charles Jose made this assurance after talking to embassy officials in Doha who reported that all are accounted for and were given assistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe embassy went there last Saturday and there were no casualties,\u201d Jose said in a text messsage to reporters covering DFA.<\/p>\n<p>Embassy officials rushed to the scene upon learning of the incident to check on the conditions of affected OFWs and their needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe embassy, including POLO (Philippine Overseas Labor Office) and DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) distributed beddings, clothing and food to those affected by the accident. The embassy is likewise coordinating with (their) employer for possible assistance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said around 300 Filipinos were affected by the blaze when the UCC Labor Compound, the company accommodation quarters in Al-Shahaniya, Qatar, went up in smoke last Friday at 4p.m.<\/p>\n<p>One Filipino was reportedly slightly hurt during the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The fire started on a three-storey building where more than 1,000 foreign workers stay.<\/p>\n<p>Filipinos failed to save their belongings because they were at work when the fire broke out. Most of them are working as cleaners and tea servers.<\/p>\n<p>Workers are thankful that they are all safe despite lost of their personal belongings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said all 300 Filipinos affected by the recent Qatar fire are &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[204,971,624],"class_list":["post-92651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-dfa","tag-ofw","tag-qatar","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92651","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}