MANILA, Sept. 12 -- Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said Filipinos in Qatar remain safe following an explosion just a few hundred meters from the Philippine Embassy in Doha on Tuesday.

In a news release Friday, Cacdac said he was en route to Qatar when the Israeli strike targeting Hamas in Doha occurred.

"The area, the building is about 300 to 400 meters away from our embassy, but everybody is safe, wala namang nasaktan o na-damage sa property (no one was hurt or property damaged)," he said.

"Ako mismo ay nakapunta sa lugar at nakita ko ang pinsala, ngunit tiniyak ni Ambassador Melicor na maayos ang kalagayan ng ating mga kababayan (I personally went to the area and saw the damage, but Ambassador (Mardomel...