DUMAGUETE CITY – The cremated remains of four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) – two of them from Negros Oriental province – who died in the Myanmar earthquake last April, will be transported to the Philippines next week. EDSIL Jess and Alexis Gale Adalid. (Caesar Eduard A. Adalid FB) The...
PA Chief Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido (left) dons the Meritorious Achievement Medal to an awardee during a recognition ceremony for the deployed 10-man Army Urban Search and Rescue Team under the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on April 21, 2025. (Photo: PA)...
Malacañang has expressed its gratitude to the Philippine humanitarian team that assisted in the earthquake response operations in Myanmar. File photo of the Philippine Humanitarian Team deployed to assist in the earthquake response operations in Myanmar. In her press briefing, Communications...
Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (middle) poses with members of the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC), as they arrived at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, April 13, 2025 after a two-week humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) mission in earthquake-hit Myanmar....
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) is scheduled to return to the country on Monday, April 14, after providing essential support to victims in Myanmar, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake two weeks ago. The contingent,...
The epicenter of the latest quake was roughly hallway between Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, and Naypyitaw, the capital. (Photo: earthquake.usgs.gov) BANGKOK (AP) — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Sunday morning near Meiktila, a small city in central Myanmar, according to...
Myanmar earthquake aftermath House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong has expressed his condolences to the families of two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who perished in the recent earthquake that hit...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of the second of four Filipinos missing after the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28. File photo In a statement on Thursday morning, April 10, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Yangon confirmed...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of one of the four Filipinos reported missing after the devastating 7.7-magnitude that struck Myanmar on March 28. File In a statement on Wednesday, April 9, the DFA said the family of the deceased Filipino was already informed of the...
People clean debris from damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake on March 28, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo) BANGKOK (AP) — Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar's devastating March 28 earthquake were winding down Monday, as rescue...
The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) sets up a tent hospital in Myanmar to treat earthquake victims. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) has been actively engaged in rescue and medical operations in response to the...
A collapsed structure in Myanmar (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) (UPDATED) The Philippine Army (PA) said Saturday, April 5, that it has begun searching for signs of life in Myanmar after the devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck the country last week. The troops are still hoping...
