COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka issued an urgent appeal on Monday to tackle rapidly spreading malnutrition among children as its economic crisis leaves nine out of 10 people dependent on state handouts. The Ministry for Women and Child Affairs said they were seeking private donations to feed...
The first batch of Filipinos evacuating from Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis there has arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Sunday, July 31. 13 Filipino repatriates from Sri Linka (DFA photo) According to the DFA, 13 distressed Filipinos,...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe has formally invited MPs to join an all-party unity government to revive the bankrupt economy by undertaking painful reforms, his office said Sunday. Wickremesinghe took office earlier this month after public anger over the island...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Two activists who helped lead mass demonstrations that toppled Sri Lanka's president were arrested Wednesday, police said, as parliament extended tough emergency laws imposed to restore order. Anti-government protesters (R) speaks with the members of Sri Lankan security forces...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation, as officials said he was looking to form a unity government to manage the turmoil. A vendor holds a newspaper with front page news of Sri Lanka's...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A sullen crowd reacted to the election of Sri Lanka's new president with disappointment Wednesday, near the protest camp where they last week celebrated chasing his predecessor into exile. Demonstrators carrying an effigy of interim Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka's new president in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, with the backing of the disgraced former leader's party. Official results gave the veteran politician 134 votes, an absolute majority in the...
Globe is providing free calls, texts, and data to at least half a thousand Filipinos in Sri Lanka amidst escalating tensions and economic crisis in the South Asian country. Earlier, the telco provided prepaid load and postpaid bill adjustments to its customers in Myanmar and Afghanistan after...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's protest movement reached its 100th day Sunday having forced one president from office and now turning its sights on his successor as the country's economic crisis continues. People celebrate the resignation of Sri Lanka's President, outside presidential office in...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our wife Gina and we are in south of France, on invitation from the celebrated couple, Christian Baverey, scion of an industrialist French family from Lyon, and his Filipino wife, Tetta Agustin, who is highly-regarded in Europe’s...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised an Alert Level 2 status in Sri Lanka, which means no new deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will be allowed, amid protests brought by economic crisis in the South Asian country. Under Alert Level 2, also called a Restriction Phase, only...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after he fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down. Sri Lanka's resigned president Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
