Jimmy Pacheco, one of the two Filipinos freed by Hamas, said it was in Gaza where he learned to save money because every cent counts in the war-torn Palestinian territory. That was the lesson he wanted to impart to his fellow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as he looked back on the past 49 days he...
PARIS (AFP) -- International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Tuesday, Nov. 28, said that peace between Israel and the Palestinians was possible because they have lived in sporting "co-existence for decades." International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (AFP) Bach said that the...
​The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed gratitude to the governments of Qatar, Israel and Egypt for their efforts that led to the release of another Filipino who remained unaccounted for after Hamas' attack over a month ago. DFA thanked the State of Qatar for mediating in the...
The second Filipino freed by Hamas after being taken hostage is now undergoing medical evaluation in the hospital. The Israeli Embassy in the Philippines said Wednesday, Nov. 29, that Noralin Babadilla, a 60-year-old Filipina with Israeli citizenship abducted to Gaza, was brought to...
President Marcos announced that all Filipinos affected by the ongoing war between Israeli forces and Hamas have now all been "accounted for" following the release of Noralyn Babadilla from Gaza on Nov. 29 (Manila time). Photo from Jerusalem Post via @bongbongmarcos/X (Twitter) In his X (formerly...
Israel's ambassador to the Philippines on Tuesday, Nov. 28, blamed Hamas for the destruction of Gaza and the loss of lives of the Palestinian civilians as he also rejected claims that Israel's actions against Hamas militants constitute "genocide." Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss said it is the Hamas...
Senator Imee Marcos on Monday, November 27, urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to come up with a long-term strategy to negotiate the release of the Filipino seafarers who were abducted. Marcos noted that the Israeli-Palestinian...
Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen visited Filipino Jimmy Pacheco, who was among the 24 hostages released by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday, Nov. 25. Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen (left) shakes hands with Jimmy Pacheco (right), a Filipino hostage who...
Photo courtesy of ILPS/ MANILA BULLETIN More than 2,000 people gathered at Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila on Saturday, Nov. 25, to denounce the violence in Gaza, as civilian casualties brought by attacks of Israel continue to increase. "March for Just Peace in Palestine" is a three-kilometer march...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) continues its repatriation of Filipinos and their families in Israel and Lebanon amid the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas. A grab taken from a UGC video posted on the Telegram channel "South First Responders" shows the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Hamas' release of its Filipino hostage Gelienor "Jimmy" Pacheco has increased the Philippines' hopes that it would soon locate a missing overseas Filipino worker (OFW). House Speaker Martin Romualdez had...
The Filipino national who was released by Hamas after being abducted to Gaza said he thought of his family to keep himself strong throughout the 49 days he spent in captivity. Jimmy Pacheco told Philippine Ambassador to Israel Junie Laylo Jr., who received him upon his release on Saturday, Nov. 25,...
