A Filipino has been rescued from a collapsed supermarket in the quake-hit Haiti, the military said Friday.
The military said that according to Lt. Col. Lope Dagoy, commander of the Philippine peacekeeping force in Haiti, the rescued Filipino was Aurora Aguinaldo.
Philippine authorities have yet to get more details about Aguinaldo's identity.
Annalin Maning, a former overseas Filipino worker, earlier told ANC's Top Story that 4 to 6 Filipinos were working at a Caribbean supermarket in Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince. She said she used to work at the same supermarket.
Maning also said that her husband and 2 more relatives are working in the quake-hit country. She said she has not received any word from them.
The Department of Foreign Affairs earlier said that a total of 462 Filipinos are in Haiti, including 172 peacekeepers and 290 civilians.
Aguinaldo was the second Filipino to be rescued alive.
Fellow Filipino peacekeepers earlier recovered Army Corporal David Catacutan from the Montana Hotel, which was being utilized by the United Nations.
Tapping sounds
Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, told reporters Friday that sounds of tapping and crying voices have been heard by Filipino peacekeepers involved in search and rescue operations at UN Stabilization Mission headquarters at the Hotel Christopher.
Brawner said the good news keeps the military in high hopes that Filipino peacekeepers -- Army Sergeant Eustacio Bermudez, Air Force Sergeant Janice Arocena and Navy Petty Officer 3 Pearlie Panagui -- are still alive.
"Naniniwala tayo na buhay pa rin ang tatlo nating peacekeepers (We believe that the three peacekeepers are still alive)," the military spokesman said.
The 3 are believed trapped on the 2nd floor of the collapsed hotel.
Rescue teams from different countries have started to go to the calamity-stricken country, bringing with them heavy equipment for the retrieval operations in several collapsed buildings, including the UN headquarters.
UN's commander for peacekeeping mission Hedi Annabi remain trapped with hundreds of workers at the hotel. At least 17 UN workers have been confirmed killed.
Meanwhile, Brawner urged Filipinos who have relatives working in Haiti not to worry.
"Huwag kayong mag-alala. Huwag kayong mangamba. Ligtas na po ang mga OFW natin sa Haiti (Don't worry. Our OFWs in Haiti are already safe)," he said. With reports from ANC and Ryan Chua, ABS-CBN News
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