The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Wednesday that one of the four missing Filipinos in Myanmar has been confirmed dead.
The Filipino, whose identity has not been disclosed, was among the victims of the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28.
"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 DFA said.
"The family of the deceased Filipino has been so informed. Out of respect for their privacy in this time of grief, we are withholding further information on the matter," it added.
The DFA said it will "continue to work and hope for the best for the remaining three Filipinos still unaccounted."
Courtesy: DFA
Earlier, the DFA reported that four Filipino teachers in Mandalay were unaccounted for following the earthquake.
According to an April 6 report by Reuters, the death toll has reached more than 3,471, with 4,671 people injured and another 214 still missing.
In neighboring Thailand, authorities reported that the country's death toll from the quake had risen to 24. Of those, 17 died at the site of a skyscraper in Bangkok that collapsed while under construction. Another 77 people remain missing.
