Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has expressed her condolences over the loss of hundreds of lives in Indonesia, which was hit by a great earthquake Monday night, three months after a devastating tsunami.
"This tragedy comes too soon after the tsunami of late last year, and we sympathize once more with our brethren in Indonesia for their loss and sufferings," she said in a statement on Tuesday.
"We, as a region, are pained by these events and the Philippines is prepared to offer its available human resources to the international relief and rehabilitation efforts," she said.