Remains of OFW Jenny Alvarado to arrive in PH after snafu

Harlene Delgado

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — The remains of overseas Filipino worker Jenny Alvarado, who died in Kuwait, would finally be repatriated Thursday night following a gaffe that angered her bereaved family, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. </p><p>The OFW died on January 2 due to suffocation. Her supposed remains arrived last January 10, only for her family to find out that it was the wrong cadaver.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1879749079955337545&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-01-16T04%3A53%3A16.860310%3Aee83ecb4-81b8-49a5-a923-bf0333aa56eb%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=04ad084a80b19954c22197f06a93e4eb97bd9b63&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;display:block;flex-grow:1"></iframe></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1879749079955337545&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-01-16T04%3A53%3A16.860310%3Aee83ecb4-81b8-49a5-a923-bf0333aa56eb%26action%3Dview%26popup&amp;sessionId=6ad48c7f860965d4e89f52527dfaeb17ae00b037&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:647px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1879749079955337545"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;Jenny Alvarado will be arriving tonight so we will be there to receive the remains together with the family,&quot; DMW Secretary Hans Cacdac said. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/13/pamilya-ng-ofw-na-namatay-sa-kuwait-ikinagulat-na-maling-bangkay-ang-dumating-1914">Pamilya ng OFW na namatay sa Kuwait, ikinagulat na maling bangkay ang dumating</a></div><p>Cacdac said he would join the Alvarado family in receiving the remains in Parañaque City.</p><p>“We continue to provide all forms of assistance to the family as we had already started to do so last weekend,” Cacdac said in a chance interview on the sidelines of signing of Joint Declaration of Intent on the Mobility of Filipino Specialists and Skilled Workers to Finland with Finland’s Economic Affairs and Employment Minister Arto Olavi Satonen.</p><p>The DMW earlier apologized after Alvarado’s family received wrong remains belonging to a Nepali national.</p><p>The said remains were already returned to Kuwait Tuesday night and arrived Wednesday morning, according to Cacdac.</p><p>“Our labor attaché is in close coordination also with the Nepali Embassy and so with our Philippine Embassy in close coordination with the Nepali Embassy in Kuwait,” he added.</p><p>The DMW chief noted that they were investigating the matter and would pursue legal actions against the responsible in the blunder.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“We are awaiting the results of the police report, police investigation as well as the autopsy results. And from there, we’ll move to the possibility of filing also a legal claim with respect to Jenny’s death,” the official added.</p><p>Cacdac apologized anew to the Alvarado family and took responsibility for the incident. </p><p>“But as it stands, dito sa Philippine side, I take full responsibility as the secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers dun sa nangyari kaya ako ay humingi ng paumanhin dun sa pamilya nung linggo. At sumunod naman si Admin Arnel ng Tuesday yata o Monday,” he said.</p><p>For now, the agency said it has provided financial assistance to the Alvarado family especially to Jenny’s three children.</p><p>“So nagbigay na tayo ng paunang financial assistance and of course there will be a second and future rounds of such financial assistance. Kasama na du’n yung funeral and burial assistance hand-in-hand with the OWWA,” Cacdac noted.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hJuyrz6jHkE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The remains of overseas Filipino worker Jenny Alvarado, who died in Kuwait, will finally be repatriated Thursday night.</p>

The remains of overseas Filipino worker Jenny Alvarado, who died in Kuwait, will finally be repatriated Thursday night.

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Remains of OFW who died in Kuwait to arrive in PH after family received wrong body

Remains of OFW who died in Kuwait to arrive in PH after family received wrong body

Harlene Delgado,

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Published Jan 16, 2025 01:23 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 16, 2025 02:50 PM PHT

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