{"id":264092,"date":"2020-08-05T02:25:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T06:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=264092"},"modified":"2020-08-05T02:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T06:25:17","slug":"2-filipinos-among-dead-in-beirut-blast-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/05\/2-filipinos-among-dead-in-beirut-blast-dfa\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Filipinos among dead in Beirut blast: DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_264071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264071\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Beirutnorth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-264071 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Beirutnorth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Beirutnorth.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Beirutnorth-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Beirutnorth-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: North of Beirut (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=42558010\">Photo by Yoniw\/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Two Filipinos were killed in the massive explosion that ripped through Lebanon&#8217;s capital Beirut, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a text message, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Eduardo Me\u00f1ez said eight Filipinos were also injured during the blast and 11 are missing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Per latest reports from the Philippine Embassy two Filipinos have been reportedly killed and six (were) injured. All were in their employers\u2019 homes during the explosion,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Around 33,000 Filipinos are residing in Lebanon, 75 percent of whom are in the Greater Beirut area, Me\u00f1ez said.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy is now in touch with the Filipino community in Lebanon to assess the situation and provide assistance to any affected Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>Video clips shared on social media showed a powerful blast rocked the Port of Beirut on Tuesday, reportedly killing 78 and wounding thousands.<\/p>\n<p>Based on local reports, the explosion was caused by a fire at a warehouse that stored confiscated \u201chigh explosive materials\u201d. The Lebanese authorities are still investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>For assistance requests, the DFA urged the Filipino community to contact the Embassy through +961 385-9430, +961 813-34836, +961 714-74416, +961 706-81060 and +961 708-58086, or email them at beirutpe@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Two Filipinos were killed in the massive explosion that ripped through Lebanon&#8217;s capital Beirut, the Department of Foreign Affairs &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":264071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264115,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264092\/revisions\/264115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}