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...
The Philippine government is still working to locate the four Filipinos who went missing nine days ago in the powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar and killed thousands of people. According to the Philippine Embassy in Yangon, a team from the Disaster Victim Identification Division of the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concerns over the plight of Filipinos who are being trafficked to Myanmar to work in scam hubs with little or no pay, in dire living conditions, and subjected to sexual abuse. In a statement, the CHR raised the alarm against human trafficking...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has joined the calls for the immediate overhaul of the nearly 50-year-old National Building Code in light of the...
Rescuers work through the rubble of a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo) BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading...
The second batch of the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) gathers for a briefing at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on April 2, 2025 before departing for the quake-hit Myanmar in support of the country’s humanitarian assistance and assister relief operations. (Photo:...
The Philippine Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar said on Wednesday, April 2, that it has no information yet on the four missing Filipinos who were at the building that collapsed during the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked the country late last week. A local man drives a motorcycle past damaged...
A rescuer works through the rubble of a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo) BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital Tuesday, but hope was fading of...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (PPAB) The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs has confirmed ongoing coordination with relevant local agencies to look after the welfare of Filipinos affected by the recent...
Rescuers make their way in from the top of debris to look for survivors from an under-construction high-rise building that collapsed after an earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March, 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities said Monday they are investigating...
