At least eight Filipinos were arrested in Myanmar on its border with Thailand after violating foreign immigration-related laws, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. Among those who were eventually detained by Burmese police was Kiela Samson, whose parents called on the government...
DOH The current border control protocols in the country are still "sufficient" amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in China, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The DOH said it is not yet needed to change the Philippines' border control measures. "We are currently implementing heightened surveillance...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has called on the government to strengthen its monitoring system in the country’s borders as more travelers coming from China raises concerns of a surge in more COVID-19 cases. “Secure our borders. Intensify our monitoring. Review our current protocols...
The country’s Covid-19 health protocols remain effective against the virus and its subvariants, the Department of Health (DOH) stressed on Monday, Jan. 2, amid the uptick in China’s Covid-19 infections. (DOH / Manila Bulletin) The DOH, in a statement on Monday, assured the public that the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, December 1 called on the government to implement a stricter border control in the Philippines to prevent human trafficking syndicates from pursuing their activities in the country. At the same time, the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and...
Seven Filipino passengers were rescued by a Japanese vessel after the motorbanca they were riding got damaged near the border of the Philippines and Indonesia, leaving them drifting at sea for seven days, the Philippine Navy (PN) said on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Courtesy of Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Top government and defense officials, together with officials of the Sulu provincial government, launched Task Force Bantay Dagat, a group that seeks to intensify border patrol and environmental protection in Sulu, in Maubuh Beach, Barangay Umangay, Patikul, Sulu on Saturday,...
DOH Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said there is no need yet to close down the country's borders amid growing concerns about the monkeypox virus. "Closing our borders....is somehow irrational at this point," said Vergeire during a press briefing on Tuesday, Aug....
Senator Nancy Binay on Monday urged the Department of Health (DOH), which still has no appointed head yet, to heighten its readiness and response capabilities against the threat of monkeypox virus in the country. With the Philippines' apparent struggle to fill in the gaps in its Covid-19 response,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) engaged its Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts in a high-level meeting on Tuesday, June 28, to discuss new ways to sustain the peace and security in the Sulu and Celebes Seas, which provide crucial pathway in the tri-border region. (Photo courtesy of the...
BRUXELLES, Belgium -- US President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday, trying to signal Western resolve against a Russian invasion that has increasingly turned to a grinding war of attrition. Air Force One will jet into the eastern Polish town of Rzeszow --...
The Ukrainian government said it has continued to keep all checkpoints on the western border open 24 hours a day despite "extremely difficult conditions" to hasten the safe evacuation of civilians from the besieged cities of Ukraine amid Russia's ongoing attacks. AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In a...
