ZAMBOANGA
CITY - The
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) IX Regional Director Hassan
Gabra Jumdain has released the amount of P220,000 in death and burial benefits
to the family of the late OFW Ailyn Tagarda Hidalgo, 30 of Coloy Coloran, Siay,
Zamboanga Sibugay.
Hidalgo’s
body was found inside the drainage system at the basement of her employer’s
residence at Yarmouk, State of Kuwait on November 27, 2012.
Hidalgo’s
remains arrived in Zamboanga City on January 25, 2013 via Air Philippine Express
and was brought to her hometown. OWWA and the local government unit of
Siay facilitated the airport transfer
and extended humanitarian assistance to the victim.
Last
February 25, Director Jumdain personally handed the check to Mrs. Marlina
Hidalgo, mother of the victim who very much appreciated OWWA’s effort and assistance given to her family.
Director Jumdain disclosed that families of OFWs who were OWWA members at the time of
their death will receive death and burial benefits of P120,000 in case of death
due to natural cause or P220,000 in case of death due to accident.
On the other hand, the families
are also eligible to avail of the OWWA’s Education and Livelihood Assistance
Program (ELAP), scholarship grant for qualified dependent, and livelihood
assistance in the amount of P15, 000 to the surviving spouse.
The late OFW
is the eldest among six siblings and the family’s breadwinner. She is survived
by her eight-year old daughter.