The Philippine embassy in Washington on Friday said that federal authorities were expected to interview three Filipino oil rig workers who sustained burn injuries in the November 16 oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico.
Philippine Ambassador to the United States (US) Jose Cuisia on Thursday decried media reports saying that the “incompetence” and “poor English language proficiency” of Filipino workers could have caused the fire that hit an oil rig platform off the coast of Louisiana on November 16.
There were no reported Filipino casualties during the deadly sweep of Hurricane Sandy across the Caribbean that claimed as many as 65 lives last week, the Philippine embassy in Washington said Tuesday.
The Philippines signed an agreement with the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Monday in a bid to ensure that US laws on the rights of Filipino migrant workers were enforced.
An official US visit by President Benigno Aquino III in May or June, passage of the Save Our Industries (SAVE Act), and approval of the equity benefit claims being appealed by more than 3,000 Filipino World War II veterans.
