MANILA -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Saturday said it is planning to file cases against the service provider behind the repatriation of another person's remains to the Philippines, after a family of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) confirmed that the body brought home to the country was not their kin.

The service provider wrote a letter to the DMW, claiming that Kuwaiti authorities were the ones who labeled the remains as Filipina Jenny Alvarado, DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said in a news forum.

"Sa sulat niya, tinurn over ng Kuwaiti authorities sa kaniya yung mga labi… Sabi niya there could be no way to identify the remains aside from the name because there was no family present," Cacdac said.

"Pinatitingnan ko na rin sa ating abogado sa Kuwait kung anong kaso ang maisasampa natin, potential liability nung service provider para magkaroon naman tayo ng kalinawan at compensation sa nangyari," he said.

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Alvarado was found dead — along with two other foreign workers — inside the vacation house of their Kuwaiti employer.

Initial investigations in Kuwait showed that the three died due to cold smoke inhalation, but the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is conducting an autopsy on Alvarado's remains to check if foul play was involved in her death.

"'Yung employer ni Jenny, even as mayroon autopsiya ang NBI, we will also be looking into the matter of negligence," the DMW chief said.

"We have been helping the family… Tumungo na ako sa bahay ng pamilya, humingi na ako ng paumanhin at sinabi ko naman na I take full responsibility," he said.

Alvarado's death comes weeks after Filipina Dafnie Nacalaban was found buried in her employer's backyard in Kuwait.

The DMW earlier said that it is reviewing if another deployment ban should be imposed for first-time OFWs traveling to Kuwait due to the recent spate of deaths in the middle eastern country.

In 2018, the Philippines halted the deployment of first-time OFWs to Kuwait after several Filipina domestic helpers were brutally killed by their employers.

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