Death of Filipina nurse in Abu Dhabi under investigation

DEATH IN UAE. Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac gives updates on the death of Filipino nurse Reyna Jane Ancheta during the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City on Oct. 12, 2024. Ancheta could not be reached by her husband for three days and was later found dead along a highway in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (PNA photo by Robert Alfiler)

MANILA, Philippines – The investigation into the death of Filipino nurse Reyna Jane Ancheta, who was found dead on a highway in Abu Dhabi after going missing for three days is still ongoing, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Saturday.

In a news forum in Quezon City, DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the Philippine government will sponsor the flight of her husband, Kenneth Paul, to the United Arab Emirates so that he could personally observe the probe until her remains can be repatriated.

“Wala ako munang detalyeng ilalahad kasi we are waiting (I don’t have details as of now as we are also waiting). I don’t want to preempt the results of the UAE authorities,” he said.

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“Iyong kaniyang pagbalik ay nakadepende rin sa imbestigasyon, hindi natin mamadaliin sa ngayon. Kaya nga ang ating lunas ay dalhin na lang iyong husband doon para mismo niya masaksihan iyong proseso ng pagpapa-uwi at iyong imbestigasyon. So, willing naman tayo doon (The repatriation of her remains depends on the investigation. What we can do at the moment is to bring her husband there so he can witness the investigation and the process of her repatriation),” Cacdac added.

In an earlier GMA News interview, Kenneth Paul said he could not contact her wife since Oct. 6 and was later informed by her agency that she died in a car accident.

Kenneth Paul fears a cover-up as he recalled his wife telling him she was often scared when returning every night at her dormitory.