Govt ready to help family of OFW killed in Qatar

DEPARTMENT of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople is reaching out to the family of the Filipino who reportedly died at a World Cup football training base in Qatar.

“For now, the Secretary is trying to reach out to the family,” the DMW said in a statement on Friday.

It added that it will issue a statement after Ople has met with the family of the victim.

Based on reports from foreign media, the unidentified Filipino, who was in his 40s, fell off a ramp while repairing lights at a resort used as a training base by Saudi Arabia’s national football team.

The date of the accident was not specified.