Tezcan is one of two Filipinos who died in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 9. They are among the 41,000 who have been killed in one of the deadliest disasters to ravage Turkey in nearly a century.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon The remains of a female Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who died in the earthquake in Turkey arrived at her residence in Barangay Ilayang Dupay in this city on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 16.
The remains of Overseas Filipino Worker Wilma Abulad-Tezcan who died in Turkey tremor
The remains of Wilma Abulad Tezcan, who was among those killed in a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey’s Antakya City last Feb. 5, arrived late Wednesday night at the Pair Cargo warehouse on a Turkish Airways flight.
The Philippine Embassy in Turkey is arranging the immediate repatriation of the body of Wilma Abulad Tezcan after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the country but another Filipino casualty still needs some clearances before she can get home.
The remains of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Wilma Abulad Tezcan, who died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye, will be brought to the Philippines, the Philippine Embassy in Turkiye said on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-he