Filipino teachers on exchange programme in Maui safe after wildfires


The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Aug 8, 2023. - AP

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): All Filipino teachers under an exchange programme in Maui are safe following the catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii, Emilio Fernandez, the Philippine Consul General in Honolulu, said on Thursday (Aug 17).

Fernandez told INQUIRER.net in a text message that the Filipino teachers were assigned to Maui for an exchange visitor program.

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