The Department of National Defense (DND) is coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in case the government needs the military’s help in the repatriation of overseas Filipinos in Ukraine and North Korea. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (File photo)...
The Philippines and other countries should be on the alert and to observe the possible conflicts in different regions that may arise while the whole world is focused on the armed hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. Senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro made the appeal in an interview...
The chairman of the House Committee on Social Services is calling for the formulation of a true-blue integrated approach to the worsening fuel price crisis. This, as Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas expressed fears that the current fuel price woes would cause another "disruption" on the...
The Muntinlupa City Council has approved an ordinance granting the request of tricycle operators and drivers in the city to increase fare by P1. In their regular session on March 14, councilors agreed to increase the tricycle fare in Muntinlupa from the current P9 to P10 per person. The Muntinlupa...
A look at Iryna Tsilyk’s 'The Earth Is Blue as an Orange' With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we were brought back to "Battleship Potemkin" (1925), a silent war film by director Sergei Eisenstein, whose famous Potemkin Stairs scene in Odessa has influenced many filmmakers. The southern...
LONDON, United Kingdom – Stung by criticism of its lacklustre approach to refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UK on Sunday unveiled a new scheme to allow them to stay with Britons for up to three years. The "Homes for Ukraine" programme will allow "tens of thousands" to gain...
LVIV, Ukraine – Nine people died and 57 others were injured when Russian troops launched air strikes on a military training ground outside Ukraine's western city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, local officials said Sunday. Russia "launched an air strike on the International Centre for...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that the total number of repatriated Filipinos from conflict-torn Ukraine had reached 225 after the latest batch of repatriates arrived on Saturday, March 12. Twenty-two Filipino seafarers, who are crew members of oil tanker MTM Rio Grande, safely arrive...
WASHINGTON, United States – US President Joe Biden authorized $200 million in additional military equipment for Ukraine Saturday, as Russia widens its bombardment and pummels civilian areas. Washington already authorized $350 million of military equipment on February 26 -- the largest such...
FLORENCE, Italy – Thousands of people gathered in the Italian city of Florence on Saturday to show their support for Ukraine following Russia's invasion, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appearing via videolink. A giant screen displays an image of Ukraine's President Volodymyr...
KYIV, Ukraine – Russian troops shot at a group of women and children evacuees leaving a village near Kyiv, killing seven, one of them a child, Ukraine's military intelligence service said on Saturday. "During an attempt to evacuate from the village of Peremoga... along an agreed 'green'...
KYIV, Ukraine – "Around 1,300" Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia invaded its pro-Western neighbour, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday as Moscow's forces closed in on the capital Kyiv. Zelensky made the disclosure at a media briefing, the first time Kyiv...
