The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said Friday, Nov. 8, that 248 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be repatriated amid increasing hostilities in Lebanon. DMW Sec. Hans Leo Cacdac said most of them are just awaiting clearance from the Lebanese immigration before they are allowed to travel....
The international community is one with the Philippines in mourning for the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. The embassies of Russia, the Netherlands, European Union, Israel, France and Japan expressed their solidarity with the Philippines on the National Day of Mourning on...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran's onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite...
Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year's attack on...
The Philippines said on Thursday, Oct. 17, that it condemns any actions that endanger the lives of United Nations peacekeepers. The country's statement came following a report from United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that Israeli forces fired at their peacekeepers'...
President Marcos has expressed his gratitude to Israel for supporting and ensuring the safety of Filipinos living and working in the Holy Land amid the escalating armed conflict in the Middle East. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. during his phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog...
(File photo) A total of 213 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon have secured their travel documents and are set to return home amid escalating tensions following intensified Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday, Oct. 11. In an...
Israel has assured the safety of foreign civilians, including of Filipinos, there and in other parts of the Middle East as Tel Aviv continues to fight threats from rebel groups Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi as well as from Iran, which are now spiraling into a regional tension. Israeli Ambassador to...
President Marcos has urged Filipinos in Lebanon and Israel to return to the country while flights are still available amid the tensions in the Middle East. "We hope that you will avail yourselves of our repatriation program while flights are available," Marcos told Filipinos in Lebanon and Israel...
No Filipino was hurt when a terror attack hit Israel and when Iran fired a salvo of missiles on the Jewish state on the same day, the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said on Wednesday night, Oct. 2. According to the embassy, all Filipinos in Israel were safe as they immediately sought shelter when...
Filipinos in Israel were advised early Wednesday morning, Oct. 2 (Manila time), to stay in protected areas after Iran launched more than 200 missiles towards the Jewish state following Lebanon's attack. The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said that Filipinos in Israel must stay inside shelters or...
An Acero-class patrol vessel of the Philippine Navy is delivered by Israel Shipyard Ltd. at Pier 15 in South Harbor, Manila on Sept. 17, 2024. (Photo: Philippine Fleet) Two additional fast attack interdiction craft-missile (FAIC-M) platforms from Israel have been delivered to the country as the...
