Courtesy: Science News
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Wednesday that one of the four missing Filipinos in Myanmar has been confirmed dead after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck on March 28.
In a Viber message, DFA Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega confirmed the identity of the deceased OFW, Francis Aragon, on Tuesday night.
In a separate statement, the DFA said that Aragon’s family has been informed of the sad news.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs regrets to inform the nation that the remains of one of the four missing Filipinos in Mandalay, Myanmar have been positively identified,” the statement read.
“Out of respect for the privacy (of the family) in this time of grief, we are withholding further information on the matter,” it added.
According to the DFA, “we will continue to work and hope for the best for the remaining three Filipinos still unaccounted for as a result of the powerful earthquake which hit Myanmar last 28th of March.”
Earlier, Alvin Aragon, Francis’ brother, announced on a Facebook post that his brother’s remains had been found.
“We are informing you that [our brother] has been found and although it is painful for us to [accept that he is now with] the Lord [today],” Alvin said in the post.
Previous reports revealed that Francis, 38, was a Physical Education teacher in Myanmar.
He lived in a condominium building, along with other missing OFWs, which collapsed due to the strong earthquake.
