Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 15) — The remains of Wilma Abulad Tezcan, the overseas Filipino worker who died in the devastating earthquake in Türkiye (formerly Turkey), have been brought home.
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The remains of Wilma Tezcan, one of the Overseas Filipino Workers who died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkiye arrives in the country this afternoon and will be brought straight to her home in Brgy. Ilayang Dupay in Lucena City, Quezon. @cnnphilippines pic.twitter.com/ULr3CyJPpE
— Stanley Buenafe Gajete (@stanleygajete) February 15, 2023
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“Muling nakikiramay ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) at ibang government agencies sa pamilya ng ating kababayan sa pagkawala ng buhay niya,” DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said.
[Translation: The Department of Foreign Affairs and other government agencies are again condoling with the family of the OFW who lost her life.]De Vega added that assistance will be provided to her family.Tezcan’s remains arrived in the country Wednesday afternoon and were immediately taken to her home in Brgy. Ilayang Dupay in Luzena City, Quezon province. The city government shouldered the transportation.Tezcan is one of the two OFWs killed in the quake that also rocked Syria. The other was buried in Türkiye at the request of her husband, according to the DFA.Two other Filipinos were hurt but have since recovered.The magnitude 7.8 tremor that struck Türkiye and Syria last week left over 36,000 people dead and tens of thousands injured.
