DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean and a religious leader called for “Trump 's blood,”...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched new strikes against Israel and U.S. military bases in the Middle East as aerial attacks resumed early Thursday after an American submarine sank an Iranian warship and Iran threatened the destruction of military and economic infrastructure across...
Pangasinan Gov. Ramon V. Guico III has condoled with the family of Mary Ann de Vera, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Basista, who was killed in a recent missile strike in Israel. Guico said the provincial government has coordinated with the Pangasinan Public Employment Service Office (PESO),...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions sounded in Iran 's capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day following earlier strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and retaliatory strikes by the Islamic Republic across the Gulf region. The explosions around...
There is still no confirmed schedule for repatriation of Filipinos in Israel as airspaces across the Middle East remain closed amid the ongoing conflict in the region, the Philippines ' envoy in Tel Aviv said. Philippine Ambassador to Israel Aileen Mendiola-Rau told Manila Bulletin that any...
Israel 's envoy in Manila does not see the Philippines being dragged into the Middle East conflict, which has now spiraled into a regional conflict among Arab states. Israeli Ambassador Dana Kursh said "it 's too hypothetical" to assume that the Philippines, where US militaries also have...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday, March 3, dismissed fears that the Philippines could be pulled into a burgeoning conflict between the United States, a treaty ally of Manila, and Iran. In an interview, Teodoro labeled such concerns as “unfounded”...
BASISTA, Pangasinan – The family of Mary Ann de Vera, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from this town killed in a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, is asking for privacy as they mourn and urged the speedy repatriation of her remains, local officials said Monday. Basista Mayor Jolly Resuello...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, March 2 expressed hope that the tension in the Middle East brought about by the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran won’t spillover further to other countries that are allied with the US. The Philippines, for one, has renewed its treaty relationship...
Top defense and security officials on Monday, March 2, dismissed fears that the nine Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in the country could become targets following the escalating conflict in the Middle East. The Department of National Defense (DND), the Armed Forces of the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states and Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded Monday with statements of defiance and warnings of more U.S. casualties. As the American and Israeli...
Filipina caregiver Mary Ann Velasquez de Vera managed to bring her employer to safety before she was killed by Iran 's missile attack on Israel. When the sirens blared across Israel on the first night of its joint attack with the US on Iran on Feb. 28, the 32-year-old overseas Filipino...
