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MANILA, Philippines – People have begun to gather at the La Salle Greenhills in Mandaluyong City on Saturday night, August 18, to pray for the safety of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo and two others who are missing after their plane crashed off Masbate province.
“A vigil has begun in the National Shrine of the Divine Child inside the La Salle Greenhills (LSGH) campus in [Mandaluyong City] for the intention of the successful rescue of Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Jesse Robredo,” Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda announced in a statement.
Lacierda called on the public to pray for Robredo and his companions.
“We ask those who wish to join our fellow citizens in prayer to go to LSGH… We ask that you keep the family of Secretary Robredo and those engaged in rescue efforts in your prayers as well.”
Robredo’s plane crashed in sea, around 200 meters away from the Masbate airport, at 4:30 pm Saturday. The plane was bound for Naga from Cebu.
Robredo, who was supposed to meet his family in Naga this weekend, and the plane’s two pilots remain missing as of this posting. Robredo’s aide, Jun Abrasado, survived the crash and was rescued by fishermen.
Search and rescue operations for the DILG chief and the others are ongoing. Transporation Secretary Mar Roxas earlier said the US offered to help through US Naval Attache Captain Jack Sutherland. The US government has a fleet survey team in Cavite that is going to the crash site, Roxas said.
The Philippine government has accepted the US offer of help. – Rappler.com
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