00:00The foreign affairs department still believes that they will find the four missing Filipinos next to Lindol in Myanmar.
00:08In the midst of the rescue team's efforts, the Philippines and the people of Embahada were sent there to see them.
00:15J.P. Soriano was there.
00:21The rescuers have been chasing for hours.
00:23It's been five days since the four Filipinos were found unaccounted for in Sky Villa Condominium in Mandalay, Myanmar.
00:337.7 magnitude earthquake hit this Friday.
00:38But that's not all.
00:3989 Filipinos were assigned to help in the rescue.
00:44It's not the contingent which will decide where they will be working.
00:49It's the host government.
00:50But the rescue teams in Mandalay were given the information about the four Filipino teachers who are being searched for by their relatives.
01:00Identifying marks on the bodies to help our team on the ground verify and assure our team in Mandalay that they are doing everything possible.
01:1411 Filipinos were also ready to help when they were rescued from Gumuhung Gusali where the Philippine Embassy was also talking to them.
01:22These Filipinos, well, they have been very cooperative with our embassy team also.
01:28The people are helping each other to help identify their friends.
01:34While the people of Embahada are chasing the hospitals where the rescuers were brought to in Mandalay.
01:43The same goes for the places where the bodies were brought from Gumuhung Gusali.
01:48Sadly, right now, hope springs eternal, but what we are discovering are dead bodies.
01:53Some in such state of decomposition that they had to be burned right away.
01:58Now we hope that the bodies of our four Filipinos are still alive or that they are still alive.
02:05It's not impossible, especially for those who were rescued from Gumuhung Gusali.
02:11And even in history, there are many people like these who were rescued from the bottom of the Gusali in Baguio that was hit by the 1990 earthquake.
02:22But the good news there is in the Pines Hotel, after two weeks, someone was still seen from the rubble.
02:27We're hoping and praying the same thing happens.
02:30Right now, the second batch of Filipinos who will help in the rescue and search operations is also in Myanmar.
02:36The trip back to the Philippines by the Filipinos in Myanmar, who want to repatriate, is also being discussed.
02:44Others are being prepared to be transferred to Yangon from Mandalay if they are not rescued.
02:52For GMA Integrated News, I am JP Soriano.
02:56Stay tuned for 24 Hours.
03:06For GMA Integrated News, I am JP Soriano.
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