By Theresa Dizon-de Vega, Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Sept. 19, 2023 is a day permanently etched in retired Major Maximo Purisima Young’s memory. On this date, Major Young and 1,399 other young Filipino soldiers of the Philippine 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) landed in the port city...
BACOLOD CITY – A drag queen, who recently went viral for performing a rock version of “Ama Namin” or the Lord’s Prayer has been declared a persona non-grata in Toboso, Negros Occidental. The municipal council approved a resolution authored by former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two women died on the spot and three others were injured in a vehicular accident on Tuesday, July 18, in Barangay Bayho, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar. The fatalities were identified as Amelia Arnio, a kagawad or councilor of Barangay Getigo, Lope de Vega, and Rosa Galvan, a...
Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) It seems that P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon agrees with the sentiment that Pura Luka Vega did something offensive when he dressed up as Jesus Christ and sang a rock version of Catholic song "Ama Namin (Our Father)". However, Guanzon, a lawyer, is leaving it up to...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (left) and Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo has thanked transgender solon Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman for taking a stand against the "offensive" drag performance of Pura Luka Vega. "Thank...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon said people can’t force anyone to accept or reject art, amid the controversy involving Filipino drag queen Pura Luka Vega’s performance of “Ama Namin” or the “Lord’s Prayer” in a club. Vega is seen in a video wearing a Jesus Christ costume while...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman Transgender solon Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman has alluded to Pura Luka Vega's drag performance to the Catholic song "Ama Namin (Our Father)" as a disrespectful act. Roman, the prime mover of the proposed SOGIE Equality Bill in the House of...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday, July 9, appealed to Filipinos in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to “go home” as infighting there between the military and paramilitary forces has claimed the lives of at least 3,000 people. People evacuated from Sudan arrive at a military...
Filipinos may soon visit junta-ruled Myanmar after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) decided to lower the alert level status it had imposed in the said country since May 2021, an official said. *Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega (ANC/YouTube screenshot)* In an...
Russia is now “back to normal” after a deal brokered by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko ended the short-lived mutiny by a paramilitary organization there, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said on Monday, June 26. Members of Wagner Group prepare to pull...
The swift and sudden repatriation of a significant number of Filipino workers from Kuwait is actually a "positive development" on the relations between the two countries. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega made the remark on Tuesday after a strained tie...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, May 30, ruled out the possibility the accident in Kuwait where a motor vehicle hit several Filipino cyclists was a hate crime. (Photo from Maya Cycle) DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Affairs Eduardo de Vega said this during the Laging Handa public...
