Chances of finding Pinoy survivors in NZ quake ‘highly unlikely’ — DFA
03/01/2011The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday said the families of the missing Filipinos in New Zealand should expect the worst after the authorities in earthquake-hit Christ-church announced that there is a very slim chance of finding more survivors.
Christchurch began burying its dead as rescuers conceded finding more survivors was “highly unlikely.”
As exhausted emergency crews with sniffer dogs and sensitive listening devices combed through the wreckage of New Zealand’s second largest city, a top rescuer admitted that hope was all but gone.
But Foreign Affairs spokesman Eduardo Malaya said the Philippine government continues to appeal to New Zealand to continue searching for the missing Filipinos beneath the ruins as they may still be alive..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110301hed6.html
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