Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday, May 8 criticized United States President Donald Trump’s plan to send Asian immigrants—including Filipinos—facing deportation to Libya, saying it would be “cruel” for his administration to export them to a third country and one...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Rep. Salo's office) The Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo-led congressional mission to Libya has recommended for the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to authorize selective deployment of overseas Filipino...
Flag of Libya (Unsplash) House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairman Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo is hopeful that the number of migrant Filipino workers in Libya will grow in the near future. Salo recently led a congressional delegation...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (PPAB) House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs Chairman Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has taken a proactive step in looking after the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East. This,...
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libya's eastern-based administration said on Friday that it would host an international conference next month in the flood-hit port city of Derna to aid reconstruction efforts. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing dams upstream from Derna after a hurricane-strength...
DERNA, Libya - The UN on Monday warned that disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to Libya a week after a massive flash flood devastated the coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization "are...
Filipinos in Libya and Morocco remain safe in the two African nations after separate calamities struck there that left tens of thousands of people dead. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said that as of Friday, Sep. 15, there is no Filipino casualty from the...
The Philippine government has not received any report of Filipinos affected by the massive flooding in Libya, which has left thousands of people dead and missing, the embassy in Tripoli reported, even while it is also experiencing communication difficulties. According to the...
BENGHAZI, Libya - At least 150 people were killed in freak floods in eastern Libya as a result of storm Daniel which has swept the Mediterranean, an official said on Monday. Images filmed by residents of the disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire neighbourhoods...
The Philippine government has imposed a level 3 crisis alert or voluntary repatriation for Filipinos in the whole of Libya, updating the former alert levels implemented in some parts of the African nation. In 2019, the Libyan capital of Tripoli had been placed under alert level 4 or mandatory...
TRIPOLI – The United Nations' (UN) envoy to Libya on Wednesday urged the Libyan parties to adopt a consultative and inclusive approach in order to foster consensus. "I urge all political and security actors in Libya to adopt a similar method, fostering consensus and paving the way for...
By CHARGÉ D’ AFFAIRES MOHAMED MELAD Our two friendly countries, my country Libya and the Republic of the Philippines, enjoy diplomatic relations that are over 47 years old. Since its inception, these relations have witnessed development that may have been uneven in its growth, but has never...
