MANILA, Philippines – Hundreds of Filipinos living and working in the city of Port-au-Prince are reportedly doing fine despite the disaster that struck Haiti last January.

According to a report posted on the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the more than 400 Pinoys in Haiti have returned to sleeping in their homes. They now also have more food supplies as various supermarkets have reopened.

Some Filipinos who were repatriated to Manila have returned and are back at their previous jobs or in related employment.

Those who stayed behind are once again gainfully employed, mostly in supermarkets, warehouses, and textile-garments firms and in well-paying jobs with the United Nations and other international organizations.

Philippine Ambassador to Cuba, MacArthur Corsino, with Philippine Honorary Consul Fitzgerald Brandt, Filipino Community President Francisco Bagadiong and Vice Consul Jason Anasarias, inspected the condition of Pinoys’ security, welfare, accommodations and job situation 6 months after the tragedy struck.

It can be recalled that Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake last January 12 which killed 300,000 people.

Meanwhile, around 160 members of the Philippine army contingent headed by Colonel Clifford Cyril Riveral and the police unit at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) are now also housed in new and safer quarters and performing their duties in satisfactory conditions.

The embassy also warned Filipinos against illegal recruiters who promise potential workers with high-paying jobs in Haiti. Two Pinoys were reportedly victimized and ended up jobless and penniless in Port-au-Prince. They were enticed to take the offer after recruiters told them they would be getting a salary of US$3,000 a month.