Filipino medical team receive a final briefing before boarding a C - 130 military plane bound for Myanmar ( Burma ) during the send off ceremony in Villamor Airbase in Pasay , south of Manila , Philippines on 26 May 2008 . With Myanmar finally opening its doors to international aid , President Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo on Monday sent off a humanitarian team to the junta - led country to aid victims of cyclone Nargis that struck early this month . The 30 - member humanitarian team , composed mostly of doctors and nurses from the Department of Health , left Villamor Airbase in Pasay City at 7 : 15 a . m . for Yangon , Myanmar ' s former capital , via Bangkok . It brought with it 13 million pesos ( 297 , 891 US $ / 189 , 046 euro ) worth of donations , including medicines and relief items . The Myanmar junta after three weeks of refusing to allow all but a few foreign aid workers into the hard - hit delta ? ill now allow all emergency workers and civilian vessels into the cyclone - ravaged region , as long as it is clear what the workers will be doing and how long they will remain . Tropical cyclone Nargis damages have climbed to more than $ 10 billion ( 6 , 346 , 615 , 668 . 57 euro ) last week . EPA / DENNIS M . SABANGAN < 저작권자 ⓒ 2007 연 합 뉴 스 . 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 . >< 연합뉴스 긴급 속보 를 SMS 로 ! SKT 사용 자 는 무료 체험 ! >