DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
P H O T O  R E L E A S E
2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines                                     Tel. No. 834-4000                                                         www.dfa.gov.ph
SFA-AGR-Mar-05                                                                                                                                                                                         31 March  2005

31 March 2005—DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Jose Brillantes hands over at the DFA today the ashes of Ria Jane M. Tuzara to her mother Yolanda (center) and grandmother Delia Ochica.  Ria was one of the Filipino victims in Thailand of the Asian tsunami disaster in December 2004.  Ria Jane worked as performer at the Sofitel Hotel in Phuket, Thailand.  Looking on are (from L-R) Mr. Jay William Decayco; Mrs. Rose Lomadilla, mother of Ms. Kathryn Lomadilla who also perished in the tsunami; Mr. Aquino Sultan, Attaché of the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok, who hand-carried the urn to Manila; and Ms. Sheila Solas, case officer with the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs.  Jay William and Kathryn are colleagues of Ria Jane in Phuket.  Jay William fortunately survived the catastrophe. (Mark Santos)
 

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