Around 500 Filipino hotel workers are expected to be deployed in Israel by next month as the foreign land reopens its tourism industry, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Israel's hotel sector is expected to require a full workforce to cater to the expected...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel will not lift more Covid-19 restrictions amid rising infections "in several locations around the world," the prime minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday. Following a consultation meeting with health officials, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health...
JERUSALEM, Undefined – Israeli lawmakers passed a law Thursday reinstating a ban on Palestinian spouses from the West Bank and Gaza Strip from obtaining citizenship via marriage to Israeli nationals. The law was passed after a fractious late night session that exposed deep fault lines in the...
DAMASCUS, Syria – Israeli missile strikes killed at least two civilians before dawn on Monday near the Syrian capital Damascus, state media reported. Israel carried out the strikes at around 5:00 a.m. (0300 GMT), hitting positions south of the capital, Syria's official SANA news agency said,...
Amid the declining number of COVID-19 cases, the Philippines and Israel discussed various bilateral initiatives in health cooperation such as ensuring the health and safety of Filipinos in the Middle Eastern country. Philippine Ambassador to Israel Macairog S. Alberto and Minister of Health Nitzan...
Some 16,000 units of antigen test kits were donated by the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel to the Philippines to help in its pandemic response. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Israel in Manila) According to the Israeli Embassy in Manila, Israeli diplomats Ambassador Ilan Fluss and...
The government's pandemic task force approved on Thursday, Feb. 10, the proposal to accept COVID-19 vaccine certificates from Brazil, Israel, South Korea, and Timor Leste as proof of inoculation. A passenger walks with luggage at the arrivals hall of Tokyo's Haneda international airport on January...
Lebanon's security forces busted at least 17 suspected Israeli spy networks in one of the largest nationwide crackdowns in recent years, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Monday. Those networks operated both "locally and regionally," Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi was quoted...
The Philippines and Israel have committed to pursue science, technology, and innovation projects centered around agriculture and health, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Jan. 29. In a taped report, DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Peña said he met Israeli...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s mandatory military service proposal shows her “lack of understanding” about security matters. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN) The former senator,...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Some 250,000 Israelis have received the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since the country began offering it to the elders and medical personnel a week ago, the prime minister said on Sunday. "Almost a quarter of a million people have been vaccinated with the fourth...
A case of “Florona” infection or the simultaneous infection of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and influenza was detected in a pregnant woman in Petah Tikva, Israel on Saturday, Jan. 1. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the first Florona patient is unvaccinated for both flu and...
