PH Embassy in Yangon Helps 18 Filipinos Return Home to the PH 

Filipino passengers patiently wait for their turn at the Myanmar Airways International check-in counters.(Yangon PE photo)

YANGON 03 August 2020 – A total of 18 Filipinos stranded in Myanmar joined the special relief flight from Yangon to Manila organized by the Philippine Embassy in Yangon, in coordination with Myanmar Airways International (MAI). The relief flight departed Yangon International Airport for Manila at 10:40 PM on 27 July 2020.

The relief flight included a Myanmar national who availed of the special relief flight to reunite with his Filipino wife in Manila, as well as an Israeli diplomat and his family for his next tour of duty in the Philippines.

This is the fifth relief flight organized by the Philippine Embassy in Yangon to help Filipino nationals return to the Philippines. END

The Philippine Embassy in Yangon’s Interpreter Ma. Patricia David coordinates with a Myanmar company representative to assist the Filipino employees joining the relief flight. (Yangon PE photo)

Third Secretary and Vice Consul Stephanie Alexis Cruz supervising pre-flight procedures at the MAI check-in counters. (Yangon PE photo)

Third Secretary and Vice Consul Stephanie Alexis Cruz reminds Filipino passengers to fill out necessary forms for COVID-19 testing and quarantine procedures in Manila. (Yangon PE photo)

For more information, visit https://www.yangonpe.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinMyanmar.