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THE Philippine embassy in Iraq said the 13 Filipino who were killed in the capitol hotel fire in Erbil, Iraq have been identified and the government is now in the process of informing their loved ones. Embassy officials said the victims, all females, were suffocated by the smoke while trying to find their way out in the darkness. There are some 1,000 Filipinos in Kurdistan, mostly hotel and restaurant workers, with some engineers and nurses. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — The Kurdistan regional government guaranteed that it will exert all efforts to ensure the immediate repatriation of the remains of the thirteen overseas Filipino workers that died in the conflagration in a hotel in Iraq. Normally, it takes 2-3 weeks before such remains can be repatriated but the Philippine Embassy in Iraq gave its assurance that said remains will be brought back to the country immediately. (Bagdad, Iraq) (Eagle News Service […]
MANILA, Feb. 9 — Upon the orders of Labor and Employment Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) chief Rebecca Calzado will facilitate and fast-track the delivery of welfare assistance to the families of the reported 13 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were killed in a deadly fire in Iraq. Baldoz, who is chairperson of the OWWA Board of Trustees, said the agency must coordinate with and assist the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in identification […]
The Department of Foreign Affairs said that the Philippine embassy in Iraq is now exerting efforts to coordinate the flight back home of the remains of the 13 Filipino victims of the fire in Iraq. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
