Good afternoon. Just a very quick statement.

I just wanted to offer my sympathies to the family and to assure them that all the assistance that they might need for — all the assistance that they might need for the family and for whatever else, ang pangako ko sa kanila.

Kaya naman nagsakripisyo ang anak nila na magtrabaho sa abroad ay dahil may mga pangarap siya para sa kanyang pamilya. Kaya’t sinabi ko dahil nawala na ‘yung anak ninyo, kami na lang ang tutupad ng pangarap ninyo.

So lahat ng assistance na puwede naming ibigay, ibibigay namin. That was what I assured them.

And together with the Congresswoman here and Senator Mark Villar and Secretary Toots Ople, we have assured the family that we will attend to all their needs. Nabigay na yata ‘yung other benefits na galing sa OWWA.

Mayroon kaming hinahanda na scholarship. Maliliit pa ‘yung mga bata eh. ‘Yung panganay niya is 13 ano so basta’t – para makapag-aral nang mabuti. At lahat pa ng ibang benepisyo ‘yung insurance na ibabayad ay fina-follow up na namin. That’s what we are doing for them.

On the other side of it, we are also scheduling bilateral meetings with Kuwait to look at the agreement that we have to see if there are any weaknesses in the agreement that allowed this to happen and to make sure that those weaknesses are remedied so that the agreement is more stronger and does not — will be more supportive of our workers. And furthermore, we hope this will never happen again to anyone of our countrymen.

Thank you very much. Good afternoon.

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