The remains of three Filipino United Nations peacekeepers and a Filipino UN staff member killed in a devastating magnitude-7 quake in Haiti last Jan. 12 arrived home early Tuesday. Radio dzBB reported that the remains of the four Filipinos arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 6:20 A.M. The remains arrived by Philippine Airlines flight PR-103 from Los Angeles. On the other hand, the Philippine Air Force had prepared full military honors for them at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. Killed in the quake were Filipino peacekeepers DP3 Perlie Panangui, Sgt. Janice Arocena, and Sgt. Eustacio Bermudez Jr.; and UN staff member Jerome Yap. News reports said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo attended the rites at Villamor Air Base for the full military honors for the four ill-fated Filipinos. Arroyo arrived at the airbase at abouot 9 A.M. Last weekend, three batches of Filipinos based in Haiti returned to the country in the wake of the killer quake. A fourth batch is due to return home this week.
