The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday night announced the appointment of digital banking pioneer Henry Rhoel Aguda as its new...
WAITING GAME. Monks wait during search and rescue operations yesterday at a damaged temple in Mandalay, two days after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Inset shows a destroyed temple on Inle Lake, taken and posted by Facebook user Sue Sue a day after an earthquake. AFP
Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization said Sunday the Myanmar earthquake was a top-level emergency as it urgently sought $8 million to save lives and prevent disease outbreaks over the next 30 days.
The WHO said the high numbers of casualties and trauma injuries were at high risk of infection due to limited surgical capacity in the country, while the underlying conditions in Myanmar meant the quake was likely to intensify the...