A hero. This is what Israel called a Filipina caregiver after reportedly she went out of her way to offer money to Hamas terrorists so they would spare her and her 95-year-old employer during the attack on Oct. 7. Filipina caregiver Camille (right) and her employer Nitza (Shalev Shalom via...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has joined the call of United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas as the number of civilian casualties continues to increase. "We join the call of the UN Secretary General, hopefully, for a...
"We are not occupying Gaza." Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss made it clear on Wednesday, Oct. 25, that Israel is not taking away Gaza from the Palestinian people despite military actions it is taking against Hamas, including a possible ground invasion of the northern part of the...
President Marcos' economic team will reevaluate its growth targets after the "Undas" holiday break due to underspending in some government agencies and risks associated with the Hamas-Israel conflict. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said a special...
After conducting a series of interrogations of captured Hamas militants, the Israeli police and the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said the fighters who were involved in the attacks on Southern Israel on Oct. 7 were told to kidnap civilians in exchange for shelter and financial...
BACOLOD CITY – The Cadiz City government in Negros Occidental on Monday, October 24, paid tribute to overseas Filipino worker Loreta Alacre who was killed in an attack by the militant group Hamas in Israel early this month. MAYOR Salvador Escalante Jr. (third from left) comforts a sibling...
The national government failed to sell its short-term debt papers as investors pushed anew for higher returns for the fifth consecutive week. The national government fell short of raising its P15 billion target, managing to raise only P14.26 billion. The total bids received during the auction...
BACOLOD CITY – The remains of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was killed in the war between Hamas and Israel arrived in her hometown Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, October 22. THE family of overseas Filipino worker Loreta Alacre weeps as they receive her remains at the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Muslim community in this city joined a solidarity walk on Sunday, October 22, calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict. YOUNG Muslim students march on Don Apolinar Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City in the ‘Solidarity Walk for Palestine, A Walk for Peace’ led by...
Filipinos who will cross into Egypt from Gaza are assured of smooth entry into the country once the border opens, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said Saturday, Oct. 20. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said Egyptian Ambassador to the Philippines Ahmed Shehabeldin already...
The Palestinian government would file cases against Israel if the bombing of a hospital in Gaza is proven to be perpetrated by the latter, its envoy to Manila said. Palestinian Ambassador to the Philippines Saleh Mohammad said that the lives of the Palestinians matter and they are “not lesser...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is continuously working to bring back to the Philippines the remains of the Filipina nurse, who was killed after she chose not to abandon her elderly patient during the Oct. 7 mass attack of Hamas gunmen in Israel. Angelyn Aguirre was among the four overseas...
