Remains of Pinay killed in Haiti quake due Friday
The remains of a Filipino worker who died in the magnitude-7 quake in Haiti last January 12 will arrive in the Philippines Friday morning.
Philippine Vice-Consul to Cuba Jason Anasarias said the remains of Mary Grace Fabian were shipped to Manila from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Tuesday.
"Upon the instructions of her sister Rosalyn Fabian, who is based in Haiti, the remains of Mary Grace Fabian was initially interred at the National Cemetary in Port-au-Prince. But her family in the Philippines requested the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to have her remains repatriated," the DFA said on its Web site Wednesday.
Citing a report from the Philippine Embassy in Cuba, the DFA said Philippine officials cleared all Dominican documentary requirements to have Fabian's remains brought home.
Fabian's remains were pulled out of the collapsed Carribean Supermarket at 11 a.m. of February 7 in Haiti, or midnight of Feb. 7 in Manila.
Lowel Lalican, the husband of Geraldine Lalican, another OFW still trapped under the rubble of the supermarket, identified the remains.
Fabian, an employee of the Caribbean Supermarket, was identified through her uniform, hair and necklace.
The DFA coordinated with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and Fabian's family so her remains can be brought home to her family soonest.
"We would like to honor the family's request to have her home," DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban Conejos Jr. said.
At the time of the killer quake last January 12, a total of 462 recorded Filipinos were in Haiti — 290 civilians and 172 military and police peacekeepers. - RSJ, GMANews.TV
Philippine Vice-Consul to Cuba Jason Anasarias said the remains of Mary Grace Fabian were shipped to Manila from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Tuesday.
"Upon the instructions of her sister Rosalyn Fabian, who is based in Haiti, the remains of Mary Grace Fabian was initially interred at the National Cemetary in Port-au-Prince. But her family in the Philippines requested the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to have her remains repatriated," the DFA said on its Web site Wednesday.
Citing a report from the Philippine Embassy in Cuba, the DFA said Philippine officials cleared all Dominican documentary requirements to have Fabian's remains brought home.
Fabian's remains were pulled out of the collapsed Carribean Supermarket at 11 a.m. of February 7 in Haiti, or midnight of Feb. 7 in Manila.
Lowel Lalican, the husband of Geraldine Lalican, another OFW still trapped under the rubble of the supermarket, identified the remains.
Fabian, an employee of the Caribbean Supermarket, was identified through her uniform, hair and necklace.
The DFA coordinated with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and Fabian's family so her remains can be brought home to her family soonest.
"We would like to honor the family's request to have her home," DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Esteban Conejos Jr. said.
At the time of the killer quake last January 12, a total of 462 recorded Filipinos were in Haiti — 290 civilians and 172 military and police peacekeepers. - RSJ, GMANews.TV
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