00:00The call of the four Filipinos who are missing in Myanmar is an urgent rescue.
00:05Next, Magnitude 7.7 earthquake there. Jonathan Andala is on the scene.
00:14Myanmar was in chaos this Friday,
00:17along with the people who built this condominium building in Mandalay,
00:21which is close to the epicenter of the Magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
00:25Barin Barcelo, who is still missing, lives here.
00:29That's why his mother has been worrying for three days.
00:32I always cry, my chest hurts.
00:36I feel like he's suffering under that building.
00:42I hope he can survive under it.
00:45Aside from Barcelo, Francis Aragon is also missing,
00:49along with his wife Edsil Jess and Alexis Gail Adalid.
00:53All four of them worked as teachers in Myanmar
00:56and live in the tower D of the 12-story Sky Villa condominium building.
01:02I don't lose hope. I know he will still be found.
01:06It's so hard because we still have two small children.
01:12And we really sacrificed that we will be separated because of the hardship of life.
01:18The family of Edsil Jess and Alexis Gail Adalid
01:20has been praying vigil in their place in Bais Negros Oriental for several nights.
01:24That's the only thing left for us.
01:27Surrender.
01:30Trust in the Lord.
01:32We are almost crying.
01:34All the members of the family, his siblings.
01:37Hopefully they have escaped and they were not around during the earthquake.
01:42Yesterday, Edsil and Alexis Gail Adalid's belongings were found in the well.
01:47Even their jackets were found.
01:50They were found here by their fellow Filipinos there.
01:54Teacher Edsil! Lex! Alexis!
01:58The co-teacher and friend of the couple said that the Filipinos need rescuers there.
02:04The rescue here is really slow.
02:08I hope the Filipinos will be able to help us.
02:11Our embassy in Myanmar sent a team to the condo of the missing Filipinos.
02:16They have been doing everything since Friday night to find them.
02:20We are doing everything to find out what happened to the four Filipinos unaccounted for.
02:28The equipment and the Filipino rescuers are also ready to help in Myanmar.
02:32We will send 114 personnel tomorrow.
02:35That's the tentative date.
02:37These will come from agencies like DOH.
02:40The Urban Search and Rescue Team of the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Armed Forces of the Philippines will also be here.
02:49I hope we will be able to act quickly.
02:52I hope they will act quickly if possible.
02:55And if possible, if we can go there as soon as possible,
02:59to help us find the missing Filipinos.
03:02All the families of the four missing Filipinos want to go to Myanmar.
03:07Even if I want to see my son, I will look for him.
03:11I will look for him because he might not be known there.
03:15But our embassy in Myanmar said that the situation there is not easy.
03:20Traveling here is not fun because the roads are bad and the communication is difficult.
03:24They travel for 15 hours by land and the roads are not good.
03:30For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, Natutok, 24 hours.
03:37For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, Natutok, 24 hours.
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