ILOILO CITY — Hundreds of current and former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families on Sunday attended Mass and offered prayers here for abused OFWs, including murdered domestic helper Joanna Demafelis. The Mass at the St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Jaro District was officiated by outgoing Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo. Earlier at the same venue, there was forum organized by the Jaro Archdiocese Commission for the Pastoral Carefor Migrants and Itinerant People. Demafelis’ remains was found in a freezer early this month in an apartment abandoned by her employers in Kuwait. Regalado said the government should also address the huge number of OFWs in Kuwait who would want to be repatriated.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 18, 2018 09:56 UTC