Update 3, 5:45 a.m. Oct. 2) The MISSING PERSONS DATABASE is back online with an improved report form. The public can now resume browsing through the database or filing reports.
People have asked us whether any of the missing persons and families listed in our database have been found. We are glad to say that as of 10:30 pm of Oct. 1, seven families and seven individuals have been reported as found alive and safe. Their records in the database have been set in bold type and highlighted in yellow.
We ask those who have posted missing-person reports in this database to please file update reports if new information about the said missing person or family comes up. We are also mobilizing volunteers to make follow-up inquiries in this regard.
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FILE A REPORT OR INQUIRY ABOUT A MISSING OR 'FOUND' PERSON 2.
VIEW THE GMANEWS.TV MISSING PERSONS DATABASEView Typhoon Ondoy Missing Persons in a larger mapWhy this database, and how it works
Do you have a relative, friend, classmate, workmate, neighbor, or acquaintance that went missing during the chaotic weekend of Sept. 26-27 as storm “Ondoy" wreaked havoc on Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon?
Or maybe you happen to be in touch with Ondoy-displaced or stranded people in the process of rescue, evacuation and relief operations, and you want to send word that they are safe and sound?
To fill this need, GMANews.TV is offering an interactive “missing-persons" database (MPD). This resource can help close the information gap between those who are looking for missing persons, and those persons themselves, or people who know their whereabouts and condition.
The MPD works this way:
First, go to the GMANews.Tv website, to its Missing Persons Database page (as for now, this page), and click on the “File a report or inquiry about missing or ‘found’ persons." A response form will be displayed. Fill in the blanks as accurately as you can.
A drop-down menu will allow you to select from five options; this is required.
* Select choice 1 if you want to merely inquire about people that you’ve lost contact with. This would be particularly helpful to overseas Filipinos worried about their loved ones in Ondoy-affected areas that they haven’t heard from since.
* Select choice 2 if you’ve already made efforts to search a person and they are clearly missing.
* Select choice 3 if you “found" a missing person, and want to inform those looking for them.
* Select choice 4 if you want to inquire about something else.
* Select choice 5 if you want to report about something else.
Then you will be asked for other details such as the current date and time; and the last name, first name, physical description and other known information about the person.
Next, you will be asked about the source of the information, including name of the person filing the report, and cellphone number or email. We require these so we can check the veracity of the report.
You can either skip the last box, or write down any action already done on the case, and the results if any.
For now, the resulting MPD looks like an Excel spreadsheet. GMANews.TV will also make the MPD viewable to the public in various other ways.
About the Typhoon Ondoy Missing Persons map
The Google map shown on this page represents the geographic location and distribution of missing-person cases. It was created by Franklin Naval and maintained by him and several others, and makes use of GMA MPD data and other missing-persons sources.
Other missing person resources
The following are missing-person resources offered by other sites, which you will also find useful:
* The Ateneo Task Force Ondoy - Missing People Directory
