Cancer-stricken OFW heads home after 25 years in KSA

After spending at least 25 years in Saudi Arabia, a cancer-stricken overseas Filipino worker is finally heading home for the Philippines. Josephine Muyco, 64, was due to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to a group helping OFWs in Saudi Arabia. “Sana sa panahon ni PNoy [President Benigno Aquino III], ang mga katulad naman ni Nanay Josephine ang sasalubungin. ‘Yung mga OFWs ay nagsisikap, naghihirap para sa kanilang pamilya, walang krimen na ginawa, at hindi binigyan ng problema ang gobyernong Pilipinas. Hindi naging pasaway kundi nagkataon lamang na nagkaroon ng matinding karamdaman," said Joseph Henry Espiritu of Patnubay.com. Espiritu also asked the government to provide livelihood and financial aid to OFWs like Muyco, who is suffering from Stage 4 cancer. He said OFWs like Muyco “deserve more help" due to their contributions to the economy. Espiritu likewise pushed for mandatory insurance especially for undocumented OFWs. But in Muyco’s case, he said the least President Benigno Aquino III can do is to at least make her happy with a little attention. “Si Nanay Josephine na lang, kung maari pasayahin ninyo lang po sya kahit kunting attention lang mula sa inyo ay napakalaking kasiyahan na po yan sa kanya," he said. — JE, GMA News