Philippines deploys search and rescue team to quake-hit Myanmar


The Philippine contingent boarding a C-130 aircraft at Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, for deployment to earthquake-hit Myanmar on April 1, 2025. — Philippine Air Force

MANILA: The Philippines has deployed its first batch of a search and rescue contingent to earthquake-hit Myanmar.

Myanmar’s military junta reported that Friday’s (March 28) massive 7.7-magnitude quake claimed over 2,000 lives, with 270 missing and 3,900 injured, according to Agence France-Presse.

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