The remains of a Filipina worker who died in the magnitude-7 quake in Haiti last January 12 will arrive in the Philippines Friday morning (Manila time), according to the Philippine Embassy in Cuba.
Philippine Vice-Consul to Cuba Jason Anasarias said the remains of Mary Grace Fabian were shipped to Manila from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Tuesday after clearing all Dominican documentary requirements.
Fabian’s remains were pulled out of the collapsed Carribean Supermarket at 11 a.m. of February 7 in Haiti, or midnight of Feb. 7 in Manila.
She was positively identified by Mr. Lowel Lalican, the husband of Geraldine Lalican, another OFW still trapped under the rubble of the supermarket. Ms. Fabian, an employee of the Carribbean Supermarket, was identified through her uniform, hair and necklace.
Upon the instructions of her sister Rosalyn Fabian, who is based in Haiti, the remains of Mary Grace Fabian was initially interred at the National Cemetary in Port-au-Prince. But her family in the Philippines requested the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to have her remains repatriated.
The DFA coordinated with Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and Fabian’s family so her remains can be brought home to her family soonest. (PIA-Bohol)