BASISTA, Pangasinan – The family of Mary Ann de Vera, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from this town killed in a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, is asking for privacy as they mourn and urged the speedy repatriation of her remains, local officials said Monday. Basista Mayor Jolly Resuello...
Filipina caregiver Mary Ann Velasquez de Vera managed to bring her employer to safety before she was killed by Iran 's missile attack on Israel. When the sirens blared across Israel on the first night of its joint attack with the US on Iran on Feb. 28, the 32-year-old overseas Filipino...
Israel 's embassy in the Philippines has expressed its condolences to the family of the Filipina caregiver who was killed during an Iranian missile attack on Tel Aviv amid the ongoing Middle East conflict. Mary Ann Velasquez de Vera, 32, from Basista, Pangasinan, lost her life when a missile...
President Marcos on Sunday night, March 1, confirmed the death of a Filipina in Israel amid the ongoing exchanges of attacks in the Middle East, marking the first reported Filipino casualty since the conflict escalated. In a video message uploaded to his social media accounts, the President said...
Malacañang said the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) will review the case of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina who was convicted abroad for drug trafficking, amid her petition for clemency. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the OES will review the latest...
It would be better if Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina who was convicted abroad for drug trafficking, personally seeks clemency from the President, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro deemed it preferable for Veloso to write to President Marcos over...
The identity of Mary Grace Piattos, an alleged recipient of Vice President Sara Duterte 's confidential funds, will remain a mystery, after all. This, as Duterte 's defense team clarified on Thursday, Feb. 6, that the controversial Mary Grace Piattos will not be part of its defense as...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte is ready to explain controversies surrounding the impeachment complaint filed against her, including the mysterious Mary Grace Piattos. Lawyer Michael Poa, one of the counsels of the Vice President, made the pronouncement Wednesday, Feb. 4, as House...
President Marcos marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a call for moral clarity in public life, urging Filipinos—and especially those in government—to begin every national undertaking “with truth, humility, and compassion” to rebuild public trust. In a message released by...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is closely monitoring the processing of the repatriation of the remains of migrant worker Mary Ann Pascual Esteban, a native of Barangay Santa Isabel, Jones, Isabela, who died in the recent fire in the Tai Po District, Hong Kong. DMW...
Businessman Joseph C. Sy divested 31 percent of his ownership in Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (FNI) to Senior Vice President Mary Belle Bituin, transferring the majority of his 43.5 percent personal stake in the company. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company said the...
Now in its 39th year, the Negros Trade Fair, the longest-running provincial trade fair in the country, marks several new milestones under the theme “Himbon”, the act of coming together under one shared purpose. “This year, we wanted to bring everyone together to remind us of the stories and...
