Labi ng tatlong OFWs na namatay sa sunog sa Kuwait, dumating na sa Pilipinas; Tulong sa mga naapektuhang OFW, agad na naibigay

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00:00Thirteen Filipinos have arrived in the country from the burned house in Kuwait.

00:05The government has promised support to our countrymen who were affected by the incident.

00:10Sujin came to the details.

00:15The bodies of three overseas Filipino workers who died in the fire in Kuwait have arrived in the Philippines.

00:21The bodies were repatriated with the help of the Department of Migrant Workers or DMW,

00:26Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or OWWA, and the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait.

00:32Our three countrymen from Kuwait have returned home and their loved ones are with them.

00:39The DMW confirmed this Thursday the deaths of three overseas Filipino workers

00:45in the fire that broke out in a house in the areas in the south of Kuwait.

00:49The building that burned was a dormitory facility for the workers of the construction company.

00:58Eleven OFWs are living in the destroyed house.

01:02All of them are working in the construction company.

01:05Two were brought to the hospital while six were saved.

01:08One of them is already in the ward. He will be transferred to the new accommodation.

01:17The DMW quickly provided the assistance needed by the affected OFWs,

01:22in accordance with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

01:26to provide all the necessary support to the OFWs and their families.

01:32President Marcos gave us the responsibility to take care of the family,

01:37to provide adequate assistance in times of need.

01:42We continue to provide financial, funeral, and livelihood assistance to the families.

01:50Twelve OFWs were brought to Pangasinan while one is in Batangas.

01:55Forty-eight were killed in the fire in Kuwait, most of whom are Indian nationals.