This brings to three the number of Filipinos who died in last week's devastating intensity 7 earthquake that has claimed the lives of thousands others.

AFP public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner identified the latest Filipino fatality as Sgt. Eustacio Bermudez, who is serving as clerk for the UN mission at the second floor of the hotel.

Brawner said the body of Bermudez was plucked from the collapsed hotel around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday by a multinational team that was tasked to conduct search, rescue and retrieval operations.

On Tuesday morning, the body of Navy Data Processor 3 Pearly Panangui was found from the building. On Monday, the body of UN civilian staff Jerome Yap was also found at the building.

With the retrieval of the body of Bermudez, the number of missing Filipinos in Haiti is reduced to two, said Brawner. They are Grace Fabian and Geraldin Lalican, who were trapped at the Caribbean Supermarket where they worked. Filipino rescuers are helping in the rescue or retrieval of the two. (PIA- Pagadian City)

Last update: 25-01-2010 03:03