DMW monitors SAR for 4 missing OFWs in Myanmar quake

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is monitoring the search and rescue efforts in Mandalay, Myanmar, for four missing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28.

Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac urged prayers for the missing OFWs, two of whom are a married couple and all professionals.

The Bais City local government is assisting the families of Edsil Jess and Alexis Gale Adalid, a married couple and teachers at Mandalay International School of Acumen, who are among the missing.

The couple was residing on the 9th floor of a residential building that collapsed, and they had been working in Myanmar for approximately two years.

The DMW is coordinating with the Philippine Embassy in Myanmar and Thailand, as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs, to assist affected Filipinos.

The DMW, with its Migrant Workers Office in Bangkok, is assessing the needs of the estimated 2,000 Filipinos in Myanmar, although the exact number is uncertain.