The remains of 32-year-old overseas Filipino worker Marjorette Garcia who was slain by her African co-worker in Saudi Arabia arrived in the country on Friday.
“Marjorette is home. Through the combined efforts of our Embassy in Saudi Arabia, our Migrant Workers Office, and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, we have brought her home to rest,” Department of Migrant Workers officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said in a statement.
“It is with broken hearts that we mourn her loss, that we bring her home in this manner, the victim of one senseless act of violence we have yet to comprehend,” he added.
OWWA chief Arnell Ignacio, together with the family of Garcia, received the remains at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at around 10:30 a.m.
“We are in coordination with her family and we will help the family left behind, especially her two children,” Cacdac said.
Cacdac said the charge sheet that the DMW obtained from the prosecutor’s office in Saudi Arabia confirmed that Garcia was stabbed by her Kenyan co-worker.
The co-worker allegedly has grudges against Garcia as she was always favored by their employer. Vito Barcelo
Meanwhile, Ignacio assured that OWWA and the DMW will help the family of Garcia, including providing a livelihood package, processing of insurance claims, and extending scholarship grants to her two minor children.
Garcia’s wake will be held in her hometown in San Jacinto, Pangasinan.