The Senate has adopted a resolution that called on the Philippine government to take immediate and decisive steps to ensure the safety, protection and repatriation of Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East amid escalating tensions and conflict in the region. Senate...
Senator Imee Marcos has filed a resolution seeking to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation into the country 's energy reserves as well as the government 's mitigation responses to "energy shock". Marcos filed P.S. Resolution No. 333 on Tuesday, March 3, amid the escalating conflict...
There is still no confirmed schedule for repatriation of Filipinos in Israel as airspaces across the Middle East remain closed amid the ongoing conflict in the region, the Philippines ' envoy in Tel Aviv said. Philippine Ambassador to Israel Aileen Mendiola-Rau told Manila Bulletin that any...
Government officers and the public were encouraged by President Marcos to save energy by using public transportation and carpooling amid expected oil supply disruption caused by the conflict in the Middle East. In a press conference on Tuesday, March 3, Marcos has appealed to private car owners to...
Senator Erwin Tulfo said on Tuesday, March 3, that he will conduct a hearing on Friday to address the escalating crisis in the Middle East, particularly the impact on oil prices. In a press conference, Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed support for a possible...
Vice President Sara Duterte is asking the public to refrain from conducting protests through motorcades and caravans and called on the local government units (LGUs) to ban such activities in order to save fuel amid the ongoing conflict affecting worldwide oil supply in the Middle East. Duterte...
President Marcos has called for restraint among countries involved in the Middle East conflict to bring the war to a close as "quickly as possible." Expressing that the Philippines is "only involved tangentially" in the US-Iran conflict, Marcos have appealed for restraint from all parties while...
Israel 's envoy in Manila does not see the Philippines being dragged into the Middle East conflict, which has now spiraled into a regional conflict among Arab states. Israeli Ambassador Dana Kursh said "it 's too hypothetical" to assume that the Philippines, where US militaries also have...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, March 3, urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to put in place a mechanism that would help cushion the possible impact of the Middle East tension on the prices of petroleum products in the country. Escudero pointed this out as the escalating tension in...
While President Marcos gave an assurance that the Philippines has ample supply of oil amid the Middle East conflict, he bared plans to ask the Congress to grant him an authority to reduce excise tax on petroleum products should prices exceed $80 per barrel. Marcos made the statement in a press...
More than 1,400 Filipinos across the Middle East have requested for repatriation amid the ongoing conflict in the region, President Marcos said. In a press conference at Malacañan on Tuesday, March 3, Marcos announced that the number of Filipinos who have expressed to be sent back home had reached...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday, March 3, dismissed fears that the Philippines could be pulled into a burgeoning conflict between the United States, a treaty ally of Manila, and Iran. In an interview, Teodoro labeled such concerns as “unfounded”...
