Govt to shoulder hospital, burial expenses of bus blast victims
The government will shoulder all the medical and funeral expenses of the victims of Tuesdayâs bombing of a passenger bus in Makati City, Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said Wednesday. âAll hospital bills will be taken cared of, the burial will also be all taken cared of, all the necessary costs are going to be shouldered by the government," said Soliman in a chance interview during the celebration of Department of Social Welfare and Developmentâs 60th anniversary in Quezon City. Scholarships will be provided to the children or siblings of fatalities who were breadwinners, Soliman said. Killed in the bombing were Johnlli Daquloag, who was dead on arrival at St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig; Jhohanson Reyes, dead on the spot; Shirley Kristel Andres Orsena, 25, dead on the spot; Marino Salustino, 57, dead on arrival at Ospital ng Makati; and Irish Tiñola, a call center agent who succumbed to her injuries shortly after midnight Tuesday.