President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to visit the wake of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Demafelis in Sara town in Iloilo this week, Malacañang said on Monday.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed this when asked if Duterte has plans to visit the wake of Demafelis, whose corpse was found kept inside a freezer in Kuwait
Roque, however, did not disclose the exact date of Mr. Duterte’s visit.
But Roque said that the government would extend financial and burial assistance to the family of the murdered OFW.
“Death (and burial benefits), financial assistance to the family. And I am sure the President will announce other contribution,” he told reporters in Malacañang.
Demafelis’ remains arrived in Manila last Friday and was flown to her hometown in Iloilo on Saturday.
The case of Demafelis and other reported abuses among OFWs have prompted Mr. Duterte to impose a total employment ban of Filipino workers to Kuwait. /kga