Manila, May 15 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has extended aid and verified employment records for dozens of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar on March 28.

DMW Undersecretary Felicitas Bay reported during a press briefing in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday that a team from their department, the Migrant Workers Office (MWO), and the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok, visited the affected areas from April 28 to May 2.

"For the part of the DMW and the MWO in Bangkok, we have provided to our OFWs financial assistance -- 58 in Yangon, and then there's 11 who visited our Migrant Workers Office in Bangkok. So it's a total of 69. Sa kasalukuyan po, meron daw ngayon dalawa sa regiona...