Some Filipinos fleeing Tokyo -- Phl envoy
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manolo Lopez said today that Filipinos in the capital city of Tokyo have started fleeing to safer areas due to fears of radiation leaks from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.
Lopez said in a radio interview that many Filipinos staying in Tokyo have already fled to the southern areas of the calamity-stricken country, particularly in Osaka and Nagoya.
He said the Filipinos are currently staying with their friends' and relatives' residences to avoid radiation contamination.
Lopez said there was still no reason for the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo to start conducting forced evacuations of Filipinos.
In a radio interview, Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ed Malaya said the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo is already setting up an evacuation plan in Japan, citing that evacuation plan prioritizes Filipinos in Fukushima.
Lopez, meanwhile, said that they were able to bring 58 Filipinos from Fukushima to Tokyo. He said a total of 100 Filipinos have been rescued from Fukushima.
The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, meanwhile, has posted names of 48 Filipinos who remained unaccounted for since the magnitude 8.9 quake struck Japan last week.
1. Baby Capuyan Calope, Tokyo
2. Virginia Calamba, 42, Miyagi Ken Ingunngun Marumori Tatteyama
3. Vilma Chiba, 38, Miyagi
4. Teresita Daikoku, 51, Rikuzentakata Shi Iwate
5. Michelle Ikeda, 42, 133-1 Aza Iwashita Oaza Odakura Nishi Gomura Nishi Shirakawa Gun Fukushia Ken, Japan
6. Jacqueline Mendoza Endo, 47, Sendai
7. Violeta Kanno, 39, PHS 4 PKG 3 Blk. 22, Lot 33, Bagong Silang, Caloocan City
8. Masaru Katsamata, 11, Aoba Ku, Kikuta Machi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai
9. Maria Lara Kikuchi, 51, Sendai
10. Lilia Kikuchi, 60, Chiba
11. Cecile Komatsu, 50, Miyagi Ken
12. Lourdez Odeth Yomongihata, 53, Aomori-Ken
13. Kathy Reyes Maruyama, 33, Aoba Ku, Kikuta MAchi, 10-23 Kopposhiki 102 Miyagi Ken, Sendai
14. Michiko Nakagami, 51, Tokyo
15. Elisa Adora Velasquez Nakamura, 45, Osaka
16. Karen Onodera, 29, Miyagi Kesennuma
17. Jenalyn Orbe, 28, Miyagi Ken
18. Susan Sato, 41, Ibaraki Ken
19. Darwin Alcantara, 36, Tokyo
20. Susan Kinno, Rizuken Takada Iwate
21. Maria Corazon Lozada Kiuchi, Miyagi Ken
22. Jennifer Jeanne Lozada, Oikawa Miyagi Ken
23. Adelaida Lozada, Saito Miyagi Ken
24. Taneharu Chiba
25. Violeta B. Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
26. Ayumi Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
27. Nanae Kunishima, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
28. Nika Kunishima – 5 months old, Ukagawa-shi Hinata-machi 107-2 Koto Village Hinata Fukushima-ken
29. Gracelyn Geraldino Mizuno Contact no. 09028421478 Last location: Sendai,Miyagi Ken
30. Ruby Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1, Contact no. 08016636249
31. Kai Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1
32. Yu Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1
33. Kazuhiro Mori, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi, Tomizawa Aza 38-1
34. Joy Sato, Miyagi-ken, Ishinomaki izumicho, sekichu ishinomaki elemementary School.
35. Jennifer Suzuki, 09039804055988-0025, Miyagi-ken, Kessenuma, Shinainuwaki, 2-41-1 Haimu Itoku 103
36. Takeshi Higuchi Shiwa
37. Wilma Saito, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima
38. Chosei Saito, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima
39. Yukenare & Yukachan, 18 Nameri Aza Sasu Litatemura Suma Gun Fukushima
40. Valentin Kuniyoshi Buis Jr., 56 yrs.old, Contact No. 0906-492-3163, Matsumoto Gumi, Koizumi 977 Iwai-shi, Ibaraki-ken 306-0635
41. Elisa M. Padilla-Tsurusawa, 65 yrs.old, Ibaraki-ken
42. Loramy Komatsu, Mesennuma-shi, Miyagi
43. Miho Komatsu, Mesennuma-shi, Miyagi
44. Kenski Komatsu, Mesennuma-shi, Miyagi
45. Grace Mizuno, Miyaji-ken, Ishinomaki Elem.School
46. Corazon Chatto Tokuyama, Fukushima ( 080-5104-2571 )
47. Thelma Ravida Miyamoto, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi ( 090-3758-2559 )
48. Hikaru Miyamoto, Iwate-ken, Ofunato-shi
‘Radiation below dangerous level’
In a bulletin released today, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that dose rate information coming from 47 cities in Japan remained "well below levels which are dangerous to human health."
"This is a positive development. In Tokyo, there has been no significant change in radiation levels since yesterday," the IAEA said.
Meanwhile, the IAEA said that dose rates detected around the 30-kilometer zone of the nuclear power plant rose significantly in the last 24 hours.
It said that in one location, 80 to 170 microsievert per hour was registered and in another location the reading was 26 to 95 microsievert per hour.
"Dose rates to the north-west of the nuclear power plants, were observed in the range 3 to 170 microsievert per hour, with the higher levels observed around 30 km from the plant. Dose rates in other directions are in the 1 to 5 microsievert per hour range," it added.
Radiation monitoring in Phl
In the Philippines, Alomanda dela Rosa of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute said plumes coming from Japan still pose no threats to the country as well as to the marine life around the Pacific.
Dela Rosa said the plume from Japan continued to move eastward. She said it may hit parts of the United States and Canada, but the radioactivity detected within the plume would continue to dissipate as it gets nearer the two countries.
Meanwhile, Dela Rosa said that PNRI teams have been deployed to check radiation levels over Metro Manila.
"Ang mga level na mga ito at the moment ay napakababa pa rin to be able to affect ang mga dadaanan ng plume na ito," she said.
She added that marine life around the Pacific remains safe from the nuclear plume.
"Pagbagsak niya may additional dilution ng tubig, so wala sigurong epekto pa at this point sa marine life," she said.
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