LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The family of the 45-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from this city who died in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Türkiye this week asked the help on Friday, Feb. 10, of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in repatriating her remains. WILMA Abulad Teczan (FB) William...
The inter-agency response team deployed by the Philippine government to Turkiye officially commenced Friday, Feb. 10, its search for survivors in the southern province of Adiyaman in the aftermath of the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that has since killed 21,000 individuals. The Philippine...
Pope Francis called for solidarity and unity amid the rising number of fatalities in Türkiye and Syria earthquakes. "Now is the time for compassion and for solidarity. Let us unite in our sorrow to help those who suffer in #Turkey and #Syria. May we build peace and fraternity in our world," said...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has conveyed his sympathy over the death of two Filipinos in the devastating earthquake in Turkey. Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake...
Two Filipinos died in the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit Turkiye and Syria on Feb. 6, the Philippine Embassy in Ankara disclosed. This handout photograph made available by the FDFA's Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on February 9, 2023, shows members of the Swiss rescue team...
A statue of the Virgin Mary within the collapsed Annunciation Cathedral in Alexandretta, Türkiye was left undamaged amid the massive earthquake that hit the country and Syria on Monday, Feb. 7. In a report from the Catholic News Agency (CNA), Turkish Jesuit priest Father Antuan Ilgit shared...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged the Security Council to authorize the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Turkey and Syria to deliver UN aid to earthquake victims. Some 4 million people living in the...
This handout photograph made available by the FDFA's Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on February 9, 2023, shows members of the Swiss rescue team discussing the situation following a massive earthquake on February 6, in Antakya, in Hatay province on February 8, 2023. Rescue...
Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85...
Rescuers carry a person retrieved from the rubble of a collapsed building, in Nurdagi, in the countryside of Gaziantep, on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria. The death toll from a massive earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria climbed to more...
Rev. Father Mario Aliwan of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines and Office of the Chaplain Service led the blessing of the Armed Forces of the Philippines uniformed personnel who were part of the Philippine search and rescue contingent that was sent to Turkey on Wednesday, Feb. 8....
A Filipina earlier reported among the casualties of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this week had been rescued and is alive, a representative of the Filipino community there said. Rescuers and civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in...
