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...
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Philippines-Israel Friendship Park was led by officials from the Embassy of Denmark and the Embassy of Israel. Eighty years ago, in October 1943, the German occupying power in Denmark orchestrated a raid to capture and deport Danish Jews to Nazi extermination...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss rejected the notion that his country is committing genocide in Gaza City, where a two-week war has erupted after Palestinian militant group Hamas stormed into Israel and killed at least 1,400 people. Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border...
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...
At least 59 Filipinos have signified their intention to be repatriated from Lebanon amid the escalating tensions between Israel and Islamist group Hezbollah, Philippine Ambassador to Lebanon Raymond Balatbat said on Monday, Oct. 23. Israeli soldiers patrol in armored personnel carriers near the...
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...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), former DFA secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. (Rep. Salo's office, Facebook) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is prodding the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) immediately disavow an X post from Philippine Ambassador to 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...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairman Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is keen on facilitating President Marcos' programs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), especially those returning to the country. Salo...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairman Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo wants Philippine authorities to whisk away Filipinos from Gaza as quickly as possible with the opening of the Egypt-Gaza border....
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...
