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Philippine humanitarian team returns home after Myanmar mission

The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC), dispatched to Myanmar to assist in search, rescue and relief efforts after the devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake, has...

Myanmar marks new year festival while mourning

MANDALAY, Myanmar—Thousands marked the start of Myanmar’s water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month’s earthquake, with the country’s most raucous holiday...

DSWD deploys psychological first aid team for Myanmar quake victims

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has mobilized its psychological first aid (PFA) team to provide immediate support to survivors of the...

PH rescue team focuses on search in Myanmar

The 91-member Philippine team deployed to Myanmar following the magnitude-7.7 earthquake on March 28 focused on search and retrieval at the collapsed Jade City...

Rain complicates recovery in quake-hit Myanmar as death toll rises

than 50 million people have been complicated by unreliable communication networks and infrastructure heavily damaged by four years of civil war. Even before the recent...

NBI team travels to Myanmar to ID fatalities

A team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is traveling to the earthquake-stricken parts of Myanmar to assist in the identification of fatalities...

Myanmar quake death toll passes 3,300: state media

Yangon, Myanmar — The death toll from a major earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,300, state media said Saturday, as the United Nations...

Protest banners meet Myanmar’s junta chief

BANGKOK – Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar’s junta chief a “murderer” as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week...

Myanmar’s junta chief to head to Bangkok summit of 7 nations

SAGAING, Myanmar – The head of Myanmar’s junta was expected to travel to Bangkok Thursday for a regional summit, as the death toll from...

Rescue

A joint team of Myanmar and Turkish rescuers pull a man alive from the rubble of a hotel in the capital Naypyidaw, five days...

Pinoys in Myanmar set to be transferred, DFA says

Nearly 100 Filipinos in Mandalay, Myanmar, will be transferred to Yangon this week as the city remains unsafe following last week’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the...

97 Filipinos near Myanmar quake epicenter move to Yangon this week

Nearly 100 Filipinos from Mandalay, the area hardest hit by the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, are set to be relocated to Yangon...

Myanmar quake victim rescued after 5 days as aid calls grow

Mandalay, Myanmar—Rescuers on Wednesday pulled a man alive from the rubble five days after Myanmar's devastating earthquake, as calls grew for the junta to allow...

PH search and rescue contingent lands in Myanmar

The first batch of Filipino rescuers arrived in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw Tuesday afternoon to provide much-needed aid to a population that is still reeling...
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