00:00Four more Filipinos have been found after the strong earthquake that hit Myanmar.
00:05Some Filipinos also asked for financial help after their relatives were forced to leave.
00:11Gav Villegas is in the center of the news. Gav?
00:15Joshua, four Filipinos are still unaccounted for or missing from Myanmar after the magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit last Friday.
00:25According to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega,
00:28there are also Filipinos asking for financial help after their relatives were forced to leave.
00:36The Philippines also sent a contingent to Myanmar to help in the humanitarian and disaster response efforts that are being carried out there.
00:45As of now, there are no Filipinos in Myanmar and Thailand asking for repatriation to return to the Philippines.
00:51Meanwhile, the 17 Filipinos who organized a political rally in Qatar are still under the custody of the Qatar authorities
00:58as a form of support to former President Rodrigo Duterte.
01:01The investigation by the authorities against them is still ongoing.
01:05The GFA also reminded the Filipinos in the middle east to follow the laws they are being forced to follow,
01:12such as the prohibition of political rallies.
01:16It is possible to face deportation or imprisonment for up to three years
01:20and a fine of up to Php 50,000 can be imposed on Filipinos who organized a political rally.
01:27The GFA also hopes that the last Filipinos will be released.
01:32And that is all for now. Thank you, Joshua.
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