YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from a landslide at an unregulated jade mine in a remote part of Myanmar has hit at least 31, with eight people still missing, rescuers said Wednesday. The disaster struck on Sunday outside northern Kachin's Hpakant township, after torrential rain and floods ravaged...
A Filipino who was trafficked to Myanmar and forced to work as a cryptocurrency scammer in a Chinese-led syndicate but was rescued by the government was among the 650 workers authorities found in a suspected “scam hub” in Pasay City. Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty of the Inter-Agency...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia —The Philippines and Malaysia discussed the possibility of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) allowing member countries to engage informally with the Myanmar junta "without sacrificing human rights." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Malaysian...
 YANGON, Myanmar -- Fifty-three people were killed and 162 others injured in road accidents on Myanmar's Yangon-Mandalay expressway in the first half of 2023, the Nay Pyi Taw Expressway Traffic Police Force said on Monday.    A total of 83 road crashes have occurred on the busiest...
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...
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar destroyed more than 446.05 million U.S. dollar worth of narcotic drugs seized from around the country to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Monday, police said. The seized illegal drugs and precursor chemicals were ceremonially burnt...
The Philippine government is considering downgrading the Alert Level status for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Myanmar amid political unrest in the Asian nation. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said Thursday, June 22, that the government is seeking the...
BU MA, Myanmar - The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support. Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, Mocha made landfall on...
Six Filipinos were rescued from human trafficking syndicates in Myanmar which promised them jobs in Thailand. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, who chairs the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), said the six Filipinos—four females and two males— managed to escape...
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have reached a consensus “to do something more” regarding conflict-torn Myanmar, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, May 11. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. with his fellow leaders from the Association of Southeast...
YANGON, Myanmar -- A convoy of diplomats travelling in Myanmar came under fire from an unknown armed group, a military official and a diplomat said Monday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's administration in February 2021. On Sunday a convoy of several...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta on Monday began releasing more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, without specifying whether those jailed in its bloody crackdown on dissent would be freed. The military has arrested thousands since its coup more than two years ago, which plunged...
