Remains of 16 OFWs back to RP

President Arroyo was scheduled to personally condole with the families of 16 overseas Filipino workers whose remains were scheduled to arrive last night at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on board a United Arab Emirates flight from Dubai.

Airport authorities in coordination with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration have made preparations for the families of the 16 Filipinos who died in the March 27 accidental flooding of a dry dock in Dubai to be at the tarmac when their remains arrive at the airport.

OWWA Administrator Wilhelm Soriano said that the company where the Filipinos were employed shouldered the cost of ferrying the remains.

The Filipinos were identified as Joseph Cayaban, Florante Mercado, Rolando Romero, Jose Santos, Ferdinand Velasco, Arturo Rodriguez, Jose Conunji Lizo, Jim Lucero, Vittorio Gustilo, Hendry Sumanga, Cecilio Silang, Emando Canlas, Henry Sanchez, Sofio Bosero, Arthur Pulido and Marcelino Sumagang. — Rey Arquiza