Manila Bulletin
DOLE assures assistance to families of OFWs killed in UAE gas explosion
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has assured financial aid and other benefits to the families of two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died in a restaurant explosion in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III stated that the victims' families would each receive PHP120,000 in bereavement assistance, along with potential insurance benefits from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
The explosion occurred on August 31 at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant along Airport Road, reportedly due to a gas leak.
The deceased OFWs were identified as Clark Bacud Gasis, 39, an electrical draftsman from Surigao del Sur, and Merriner Goc-ong Bertoces, 26, a KFC-Abu Dhabi employee from Negros Oriental.
The incident also injured eight other Filipinos, with six receiving treatment at the Sheik Khalifa Medical Center (SKMC).
Five of the injured have already been discharged while Rodel Paclibar remains at the hospital for further observation.
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Two Filipinos were killed and eight others were injured in a gas explosion that occurred at a restaurant in Abu Dhabi on Monday, August 31, 2020.
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