Philippines donates 200,000 USD to China

The Philippine government on Friday donated 200,000 U.S. dollars to victims of the earthquake that hit China's southwestern provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou.

The ceremonial handover of the donation was held during the courtesy call of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying on Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. del Rosario.

On Sept. 7, two major earthquakes measuring 5.6 and 5.7 magnitude and several aftershocks hit Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in southwestern China, killing 80 people and injuring 800 others.

Thousands of people were evacuated and were in need of relocation. Direct economic losses from the tremors were estimated at more than 500 million U.S. dollars.