ABS-CBN News.com | Remains of 7 OFWs arriving from Yemen

Yemeni Red Crescent medics recover bodies of casualties at the scene of a suicide attack at the Defence Ministry compound in Sanaa December 5, 2013, in this picture provided by the ministry. A car bomber and gunmen dressed in army uniforms attacked Yemen's Defence Ministry compound in the capital Sanaa on Thursday morning, killing at least 20 people, two sources said, in one of the worst attacks in Yemen in 18 months. Yemen's Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters

By Pia Lee Brago, The Philippine Star 

Posted at 12/17/2013 2:28 AM | Updated as of 12/17/2013 2:29 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The remains of the seven Filipino medical workers killed in a suicide car bomb attack last Dec. 5 at the Defense Ministry complex in Sana’a, Yemen will arrive in Manila today.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said four of the remains would be at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 6:50 a.m. while the rest would arrive at 3:55 p.m. at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga.

He assured the victims’ families that they would receive compensation from the hospital management equivalent to one-year salary of their relatives.

The 27 Filipino survivors will also get compensation equivalent to their three months salary. The repatriation of the survivors is now being arranged.

Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Hadi expressed regret for the tragedy and declared last week the Filipino workers “are martyrs.”

In a meeting with Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Jesus Yabes, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi conveyed his government’s condolences to the families of the victims.