(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Department of Labour and Employment (DoLE) of the Philippines has said that the government would provide necessary assistance to relatives of the five Filipinos who died in a car accident in Qatar on Monday.
Bencris Rivera, wife Joycelyn and their one-year-old son Arclian Zirc, along with nurses Marilou Cal and Joyce Lozada Geli, were burnt alive after their car caught fire as it was hit from behind by another car on Corniche-Al Wakra road near the turn to Hamad International Airport.
Suzette Rivera Bacor, the lone survivor, is recovering in hospital. The Rivera family hailed from Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental province, while Cal was from Camarines Sur province and Bacor is from Cagayan De Oro.
The nurses were vacationing in Doha during the Eid Al Adha holidays.
Labour and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) and the Philippine embassy in Qatar were completing formalities to repatriate the remains which would arrive in the country soon.
"We will provide the bereaved families with appropriate repatriation assistance, including airport assistance, when the remains arrive," Baldoz said.
According to Baldoz, process has begun to repatriate the remains of the nurses who worked in a specialized medical centre in Saudi Arabia.
Baldoz said the government would also bring home the remains of the Rivera family.
Bencris, an engineer, worked for Qatar-based Louise Berger Company and lived with Joycelyn and Zirc.
The government will also provide counselling and livelihood assistance to the bereaved families.
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) plans to extend mandatory social benefits to the families of its members Cal, Geli and Bencris Rivera.
"Their legal heirs will receive P200,000 (about QR16,258) in death benefits and P20,000 in funeral benefits," Baldoz said.
The Labour and Employment Secretary asked the POLO offices in Qatar and Saudi Arabia to contact the employers of the three overseas Filipino workers.
"This will determine the particular benefits (their companies) will provide to their families," Baldoz added.
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