OFW cardiac victim gets due
The widower said that the insurance from Cocolife helped their family to return the remains of his husband from Riyadh to Bulacan on 9 July through Aspire Lifestyle, international partner in Saudi Arabia
PAMICO, Cocogen, and Cocolife on Thursday turned over a $10,000 insurance compensation to the beneficiary of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who died from cardiac arrest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia last month.
Elvie Ado, widower of insured Ricardo Ado formally received the cheque at the office of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in Mandaluyong City. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Bernard Olalia, Deputy Administrator Villamor Ventura Plan, and representatives from PAMICO, Cocogen, and Cocolife witnessed the turnover.
The widower said that the insurance from Cocolife helped their family to return the remains of his husband from Riyadh to Bulacan on 9 July through Aspire Lifestyle, international partner in Saudi Arabia.
In her conversation with OWWA Administrator Olalia, she shared that they did not want him to go back to Saudi Arabia because he was diagnosed with diabetes. She said that her husband wants to return because he wanted his two children to finish their education and to claim his back pay from his employer.
Elvie also said that they were not able to receive his husband’s salary for two months. She added that her husband’s employer already remitted his back pay to the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and until now, they haven’t received the money.
Olalia vowed to help Ado’s family to get the back pay of Elvie’s late husband.
Ricardo worked in Riyadh as a truck driver in Saudi Arabia for 10 years, with a salary ranging from P18,000 to P35,000. They were able to buy a 100-square meter land and his stepdaughter to finish college.
According to Elvie, her husband suffered from cardiac arrest last 23 June.
Ricardo availed of the Pinoy OFW Insurance, which provides insurance coverage for direct hired migrant workers $15,000 benefit for accidental death, $10,000 for natural death, and $7,500 for permanent disablement. This also covers the actual cost of repatriation due to termination of employment, repatriation of mortal remains, compassionate visit, medical evacuation, and medical repatriation. If terminated, they are also entitled to $100 monthly subsistence allowance but not exceeding six months.