A week after catastrophic earthquake, focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

NBI team to help identify quake victims

A TEAM from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is expected to arrive in Mandalay on April 6 to secure tissue samples from the unidentified remains recovered at the Sky Villa site as the search for four missing Filipinos continues a week after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar. The NBI Disaster Victim Identification Division in Manila is also collecting DNA samples from family members of the missing to help confirm their identitie…

India, China rich countries, everyone should pitch in during crisis like Myanmar quake: U.S. Secretary of State

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasizes global responsibility for humanitarian aid during crises like the Myanmar earthquake.

A week after earthquake, focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

BANGKOK (AP) — Search teams in Myanmar recovered more bodies from the ruins of buildings on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake killed more than 3,300 people, as the focus turns toward the urgent humanitarian needs in a country already devastated by a continuing civil war. United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher, who is also the emergency relief coordinator, arrived Friday in Myanmar in an effort to spur action following the March 2…

Tok Mat to visit quake-hit Myanmar on humanitarian mission

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan will undertake a humanitarian mission to Naypyitaw today to express regional solidarity following the deadly earthquake in Myanmar that killed more than 3,000 people. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

Couple Speaks Out After Dad of 2 Was Hospitalized and Allegedly Given Hefty Bill During Deadly Earthquake

"My husband's life was more important than the expenses," Joshua Fekete's wife tells PEOPLE GoFundMe Joshua FeketeJoshua Fekete, a Georgia man, was awaiting surgery at a Bangkok hospital on March 28, the day the Myanmar earthquake struckThe family earlier told ABC affiliate that Fekete had to pay $16,000 in order to be discharged from the hospitalFekete, who was finally released from the hospital as he and his family looks to return to the U.S.,…

Focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, week after catastrophic earthquake

The quake worsened an already dire crisis with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in need even before it hit.