3 Pinoys die in separate incidents in UAE - report
MANILA, Philippines - At least three Filipinos were killed in separate road incidents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)in the last four days, an online news site reported Saturday.
Khaleej Times reported that the three expatriates died just a few months after they started working there.
Philippine Consul General Benito Valeriano in Dubai said employers of the three are contacting the victims' families and preparing for the repatriation to the Philippines.
Christine Catchellar, 21, a hairdresser, was a back rider on a motorcycle when the bike crashed into a vehicle last Nov. 13, and was thrown off the bike.
A second worker, house helper Gloria Estrada Bacanay, 40, had just got down from a bus in front of Ansar Mall in Sharjah when a speeding car hit her at around 8 p.m. Nov. 14.
Bacanay, a single mother, used to work as a quality controller in a factory in Baguio City, but left for Sharjah to work as a maid just to save for her daughter's future.
Joselito Pataksil, her brother-in-law, had brought her to the Dubai Mall earlier in the day as she had been in Dubai just for six months.
"It is really sad because she wanted to earn more to send her only daughter to college. I will be accompanying her body back to Manila so we can all think of how to bring up Gloria's daughter," he said.
The third Filipino, Bertito San Pedro, 53, truck driver, was crossing a three-lane Emirates road to have coffee at 11:30 p.m. Nov. 16 when a car hit him.
San Pedro's best friend and co-worker, Reynaldo Anchita, was shocked to see a speeding car hit and kill his friend as they crossed the road on Emirates Road just before Al Taya roundabout just across Enoc Patrol Station.
"I crossed the road ahead of him and, as I reached the other end of the road, I heard a big sound. When I looked back, I saw my friend thrown, lifeless on the centre of the road in a pool of blood. It was very traumatic. He was in Dubai for only eight months," he said. - GMANews.TV
Khaleej Times reported that the three expatriates died just a few months after they started working there.
Philippine Consul General Benito Valeriano in Dubai said employers of the three are contacting the victims' families and preparing for the repatriation to the Philippines.
Christine Catchellar, 21, a hairdresser, was a back rider on a motorcycle when the bike crashed into a vehicle last Nov. 13, and was thrown off the bike.
A second worker, house helper Gloria Estrada Bacanay, 40, had just got down from a bus in front of Ansar Mall in Sharjah when a speeding car hit her at around 8 p.m. Nov. 14.
Bacanay, a single mother, used to work as a quality controller in a factory in Baguio City, but left for Sharjah to work as a maid just to save for her daughter's future.
Joselito Pataksil, her brother-in-law, had brought her to the Dubai Mall earlier in the day as she had been in Dubai just for six months.
"It is really sad because she wanted to earn more to send her only daughter to college. I will be accompanying her body back to Manila so we can all think of how to bring up Gloria's daughter," he said.
The third Filipino, Bertito San Pedro, 53, truck driver, was crossing a three-lane Emirates road to have coffee at 11:30 p.m. Nov. 16 when a car hit him.
San Pedro's best friend and co-worker, Reynaldo Anchita, was shocked to see a speeding car hit and kill his friend as they crossed the road on Emirates Road just before Al Taya roundabout just across Enoc Patrol Station.
"I crossed the road ahead of him and, as I reached the other end of the road, I heard a big sound. When I looked back, I saw my friend thrown, lifeless on the centre of the road in a pool of blood. It was very traumatic. He was in Dubai for only eight months," he said. - GMANews.TV
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