00:00And thank you for asking this question. As I mentioned, Michelle, or her full name, Maryam Rivera, is part and
00:06parcel of Israel, and her family are part of the parcel of Israel, not just of the Philippines.
00:11See, she is an OFW that selflessly sacrificed her own security to their elderly that she was taking care of,
00:21and was hit by Iranian missiles, and unfortunately lost her life.
00:26So once that is happening, the Israeli government is automatically deciding that a family will be considered a casualty of
00:36war, or a casualty of terrorist attacks.
00:39And we don't see any distinction between Israelis or OFWs or others that have been in Israel when this attack
00:49has happened.
00:49So she will get all her family, her parents, and her siblings. She has one sibling in Qatar who came
00:58for now for the wake, and they will be taking care of their regulation, and of course the husband early
01:06as well.
01:07I don't want to go into the specific details, because there is a bureaucratic procedure, but they will get retroactively
01:15from the 28th of February, from the day she lost her life.
01:18It was the 28th in Israel. It was already the 1st of March here, as you remember, President Trump was,
01:24and they announced it in the morning, because there is six hours gap between Israel and the Philippines.
01:28I think that's what's important for us. Unfortunately, Marianne, Devera, Michelle is the sixth casualty of this war. It's an
01:37ongoing war from October 7th, 2023.
01:41So, there had been four that were brutally killed by the Hamas terrorist organization on the 7th of October, 2023,
01:50and afterwards, Miss Lila Mouskera was killed in the operation that called Rising Lion in June of 2025, and she
02:00was killed by another Iranian missile, and she was badly wounded, and after less than a month, she lost her
02:07life.
02:08Hi, it is the second time I'm in Pancasinan, and the first time I met the family of Anjali, and
02:17unfortunately now I had to go again.
02:20I went together with the governor, another leader, another amazing Filipino leader that shows so much compassion for FWs, and
02:29I think I would like to salute the Filipino government from the president,
02:36and, of course, two entities that are working night and day and day and night to save lives of all
02:42peoples in the Middle East.
02:44There are more than two millions in the Middle East. So, the BLW, under the leadership of Secretary Hans Stagbeck,
02:50and the administrator of OAPY are really angels.
02:55They are trying to bring back home the people who want to repatriate. I'm probably saying that from Israel, just
03:03a few months to repatriate because they feel safe, safe enough in Israel because they feel that they are part
03:08and parcel of Israel as well.
03:10But we are committed for these six families, and God forbid there will be any more OFWs that are being
03:18convicted, or God forbid any more Israelis.
03:20I think in the last 24 hours, there was an OFW that was hit, but was wounded, and already released
03:28from hospital.
03:29So, thank God he was also taken care of by, of course, by your Filipino embassy, and by Pastor Alin
03:35in Israel, and her team, but the partnership between Israel and the Philippines is based on resiliency.
03:44We will endure together this space of pain, of the tragedy of losing lives, and God willing will be able
03:51to dedicate and focus on health issues, and on how do we better the life of humankind at large, and
03:57women's health in the future.
03:58And not dealing with war, unfortunately.
04:30I have a lot of work.
04:31I have a lot of work.
04:34I have a lot of work.
04:35I have a lot of work.
04:36I have a lot of work.
04:36I have a lot of work.
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