The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Thursday, Dec. 14 said the agency is eyeing the deployment of 35 Filipino doctors to provide aid in war-torn Gaza. PRC / Manila Bulletin PRC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman Richard Gordon in a televised interview emphasized that this decision is...
BERLIN (AFP) -- German sportswear maker Puma said on Tuesday, Dec. 12, it would end a sponsorship deal with the Israeli national football team in a decision made before the beginning of the war in Gaza. Following a strategy review carried out at the end of 2022, Puma would stop outfitting the...
UN chief Antonio Guterres has raised to the UN Security Council the worsening situation in Gaza, invoking for the first time the Article 99 of the UN Charter as he believed that the developments in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war are already threatening international peace. Guterres early Thursday...
The Philippine Embassy in Amman confirmed that three Filipinos failed to flee war-torn Gaza Strip amid renewed Israeli attacks there, while two Filipinos were able to cross the West Bank border to Jordan. Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border crossing Egypt during an Israeli airstrike...
Israel on Monday, Dec. 4, stressed the importance of a united front against terrorism after a bombing believed to be perpetrated by extremists killed four and wounded dozens in an attack in Marawi City over the weekend. The Israeli Embassy in Manila said it stands in solidarity with the Philippine...
Pope Francis gestures during an audience to Members of the committee and the foundation World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 on November 30, 2023 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. (AFP) VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis said Sunday that he was saddened the truce in the Gaza Strip had been broken...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Rep. Salo's office, MANILA BULLETIN) With all Filipinos affected by the Israel-Hamas war now deemed accounted for, Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo can't help but...
Jimmy Pacheco, one of the two Filipinos freed by Hamas, said it was in Gaza where he learned to save money because every cent counts in the war-torn Palestinian territory. That was the lesson he wanted to impart to his fellow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as he looked back on the past 49 days he...
PARIS (AFP) -- International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Tuesday, Nov. 28, said that peace between Israel and the Palestinians was possible because they have lived in sporting "co-existence for decades." International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (AFP) Bach said that the...
​The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed gratitude to the governments of Qatar, Israel and Egypt for their efforts that led to the release of another Filipino who remained unaccounted for after Hamas' attack over a month ago. DFA thanked the State of Qatar for mediating in the...
The second Filipino freed by Hamas after being taken hostage is now undergoing medical evaluation in the hospital. The Israeli Embassy in the Philippines said Wednesday, Nov. 29, that Noralin Babadilla, a 60-year-old Filipina with Israeli citizenship abducted to Gaza, was brought to...
President Marcos announced that all Filipinos affected by the ongoing war between Israeli forces and Hamas have now all been "accounted for" following the release of Noralyn Babadilla from Gaza on Nov. 29 (Manila time). Photo from Jerusalem Post via @bongbongmarcos/X (Twitter) In his X (formerly...
