Third Filipino casualty in Haiti earthquake confirmed

By MARAH S.D. RUIZ
January 20, 2010, 10:46am

In an interview, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner confirmed a third Filipino fatality after strong Haitian earthquake last week.

The body of UN Peacekeeper Army Sergeant Eustacio Bermudez was retrieved from the collapsed United Nations Headquarters at the Hotel Christopher in Port-au-Prince.

The two earlier fatalities were Jerome Yap, a UN staff member and Pearly Panangui, another UN Peacekeeper.