The National Security Council (NSC) clarified that there are no American military bases in the Philippines amid heightened tensions in the Middle East and threats by Iran to strike United States military installations abroad. In a statement read by Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
Malacañang stressed that President Marcos remains guided by the rule of law and international law amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, even as his immediate priority is the safety of Filipinos in the region. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said...
Malacañang said there are no changes so far to President Marcos’ scheduled working visit to the United States next week, despite escalating tensions in the Middle East and the recent death of a Filipina in Israel. “Sa ngayon, wala pa pong pagbabago sa schedule (As of now, there are no changes...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, March 2 expressed hope that the tension in the Middle East brought about by the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran won’t spillover further to other countries that are allied with the US. The Philippines, for one, has renewed its treaty relationship...
Filipina caregiver Mary Ann Velasquez de Vera managed to bring her employer to safety before she was killed by Iran 's missile attack on Israel. When the sirens blared across Israel on the first night of its joint attack with the US on Iran on Feb. 28, the 32-year-old overseas Filipino...
Israel 's embassy in the Philippines has expressed its condolences to the family of the Filipina caregiver who was killed during an Iranian missile attack on Tel Aviv amid the ongoing Middle East conflict. Mary Ann Velasquez de Vera, 32, from Basista, Pangasinan, lost her life when a missile...
President Marcos on Sunday night, March 1, confirmed the death of a Filipina in Israel amid the ongoing exchanges of attacks in the Middle East, marking the first reported Filipino casualty since the conflict escalated. In a video message uploaded to his social media accounts, the President said...
Vice President Sara Duterte has advised Filipinos in the Middle East to change their plans if the current situation in the region worsens. "Kung lalo pang lumala ang sitwasyon sa seguridad, maging handa na baguhin ang inyong mga plano anumang oras kung kinakailangan (If the security situation...
Senators urged the government on Sunday, March 1, to help keep oil prices in check following the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran. Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said the government should exhaust all efforts at keeping oil prices at bay as geo-political tensions in the Middle...
Senator Erwin Tulfo has called on the government to start initiating recovery plans for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the airstrikes and war time disruptions in the Middle East. This, after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, was killed Saturday, during a...
President Marcos assured the public that no Filipino has been reported killed or injured amid the escalating exchanges between Israel, the United States, and Iran in the Middle East. In a video statement on Sunday morning, March 1, the President said the government has been closely monitoring...
The joint attack launched by Israel and the United States on Iran has expanded into a regional conflict as other countries are now also affected by the ongoing exchange of attacks. The Philippine government called on parties involved to immediately resort to dialogue as it expressed...
