US EditionMyanmar earthquake: DMW asks for prayers for missing OFWs
- Three Filipino minors were released from police custody in Qatar, while 16 adults remain detained after a political demonstration, according to Eduardo De Vega of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- Following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported that four Filipinos are unaccounted for in Mandalay, as shared by Eduardo De Vega.
- The earthquake caused over 1,700 deaths in Myanmar, while no Filipinos were reported affected in Thailand, according to foreign media reports.
- The Department of Foreign Affairs is prepared to assist jobless Filipinos in Myanmar and could activate a repatriation program, as noted by Eduardo De Vega.
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Myanmar earthquake: DMW asks for prayers for missing OFWs
MANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is closely monitoring developments on the search and rescue efforts in Mandalay, Myanmar, especially for the four missing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), after the March 28th devastating earthquake. In a news release on Monday evening, Migrants Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac called for prayers for the missing OFWs. Two of the four are a married couple, and all are said to be professionals. “T…
4 Filipinos missing in quake-hit Myanmar
FOUR Filipinos in Myanmar were reportedly missing after a powerful earthquake hit the country on Friday, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said on Sunday. DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Eduardo de Vega, in a radio interview, said, according to the latest data, four Filipinos were unaccounted for. Two of the four Filipinos are a husband and his wife residing in a building that collapsed following the tremor. De Vega s…
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