
THE remains of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who died in Kuwait have finally arrived in the Philippines on Thursday or almost a week after her family received a wrong cadaver.
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confrmed the arrival of the remains of OFW Jenny Alvarado in Parañaque City at around 5:20 p.m. on Thursday via Kuwait Airways flight KU 417.
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac , DMW Undersecretary Felicitas Bay, a team from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and Alvarado’s family welcomed her remains upon its arrival.
The remains of Alvarado will undergo autopsy as requested by her family.
Cacdac said the DMW is providing assistance to Alvarado’s family.
He added that the Philippine government is in close coordination with Kuwaiti authorities to monitor the investigation of the incident that led to Alvarado’s death, together with two other foreign co-workers.
Alvarado reportedly died due to coal suffocation after inhaling smoke from a heating system in their workplace, but her family believes otherwise based on the state of her co-worker’s remains.
On January 10, the sadness of Alvarado’s family turned to anger after they mistakenly received the body of her Nepali co-worker instead of her cadaver.
“Our lawyer is still on the ground. I’ve been apprised about the applicable Kuwaiti law, and yes, we are moving ahead with the filing of claims against whoever, hindi ko muna papangalanan pa kung sino but whoever caused the mistake or the error,” Cacdac said.
Alvarado left behind three children who are all minors.