A Filipino and her children have been missing following the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey last Monday, the Philippine embassy in Ankara said yesterday.
A Filipina worker initially reported missing has been found dead in the rubble of the strong earthquake that hit Turkey last Monday, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said.
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The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is verifying reports that a Filipino worker was among the thousands of people killed in the strong earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria.
Photo courtesy of Anadulo MANILA - The Turkish government on Tuesday thanked the Philippines for pledging to send a search and rescue team to Trkiye where death toll due to Monday's massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake has already reached over 3,300. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Manila will deploy a contingent that will conduct search, rescue, relief and other assistance to the quake-hit state. In thanking Manila, Turkish Ambassador to the Philippines Niyazi Evren Akyol said the Turkish Embassy will help facilitate the contingent's departure "at the earliest time". READ:OCD readying personnel, equipment for Trkiye relief mission "The Embassy of the Republic of Trkiye expresses its sincerest gratitude regarding the decision of President H.E. Marcos Jr, concerning the deployment of a search, rescue, relief and other assistance to Trkiye. We are moved by the generosity of the Government and the People of the Philippines in our time of need," he said in a