Filipino seafarers now have the right to refuse to sail in the tension-filled Gulf of Aden after the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) expanded the list of its "high risk areas" (HRAs) to the said deepwater basin located near Yemen. Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo...
President Marcos assured the public that the government is doing all it can to ensure the safety of the 17 Filipino seafarers taken hostage by Houthi rebels in Yemen. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) In a social media post, the President said the Department of Foreign...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, November 22 urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to ensure the safety and immediate release of the 17 Filipinos who were among the foreigners held hostage in a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea. ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - At least 10 soldiers were killed in renewed fighting in Yemen, military sources told AFP, despite diplomatic efforts to halt the long-running war in the Arab world's poorest country. The clashes took place in oil-producing Marib province, one of the main battlegrounds...
The Philippines is supporting the United Nations' response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen by pledging 100,000 US dollars of fund assistance. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo made the announcement during a high-level pledging event for Yemen's crisis, which happened...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Nations said Friday it is seeking nearly $80 million for an emergency operation to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea off war-ravaged Yemen. The 45-year-old tanker FSO Safer, long used as a floating oil storage platform with 1.1 million...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes in Yemen early on Sunday after the country's Huthi rebels called a three-day truce and offered a permanent ceasefire, Saudi media said. The raids targeted Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, according to Saudi Arabia's Al Ekhbariya...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned an exchange of attacks between Yemen's Huthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition, calling for "restraint" on all sides in the seven-year conflict. "The Secretary-General strongly condemns the recent escalation of the...
SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's Huthi rebels announced a three-day truce with the Saudi-led coalition and dangled the prospect of a "permanent" ceasefire on Saturday, the seventh anniversary of a brutal conflict that has left millions on the brink of famine. A day after a wave of Huthi drone and missile...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- A Yemeni rebel attack on a Saudi oil plant set off a huge fire near Jeddah's Formula One circuit during televised practice sessions on Friday, part of a wave of assaults on Aramco facilities. Smoke billowed near the circuit and the second practice was delayed in the attack,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Nations and aid groups have warned of grave consequences for Yemen after an international pledging conference failed to raise enough money to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the war-torn country. Overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine,...
ADEN, Yemen -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that millions of Yemeni people are at risk of famine as a result of the country's years-long military conflict and sharp deterioration of its economy, calling for urgent action. "Children in Yemen are starving not because...
