Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega on Tuesday, Oct. 10, reported that some 38 Filipinos living in Gaza have requested to be repatriated, while none of the estimated 30,500 Filipinos in Israel made the same request. (Screenshot from Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Facebook) In a...
President Marcos has ordered government agencies and Philippine embassies to work closely with each other to secure all affected Filipinos in the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Facebook) Malacañang said Marcos told the departments...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss on Sunday, Oct. 8, said they have not received reports yet that some Filipinos have been killed in Israel amid the fighting with Palestine militants Hamas group. (Screenshot from Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Facebook) He added that Israel will...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss assured the Philippines that Filipinos in Israel are taken care of amid the ongoing tensions in Israel. Screenshot from Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fluss said in a press briefing on Sunday, Oct. 8, that Filipinos in Israel are taken care of...
BOLINAO, Pangasinan – A fisherman was attacked by a shark in the sea in the Ilocos region and taken to a hospital here on Saturday, September 9. The Bolinao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office rescued the victim after receiving a call from a concerned citizen. "Sakay ng banca ang...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army foiled a landmine attack by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. The 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) recovered a landmine and electrical wire following a clash with communist rebels on Thursday, September 7. Troops from the 61st IB troops...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has honored a policeman who died of a heart attack while serving a warrant of arrest in Miag-ao, Iloilo on August 13. POLICE Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, Western Visayas police chief, salutes the casket of Police Executive Master Sgt. Carlos Patosa...
(Unsplash) The Philippines is not on "war footing" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo clarified to House of Representatives members Tuesday, afternoon Aug. 15. In the Committee on...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is convinced that Beijing’s offer of a bilateral dialogue with Manila in the aftermath of China Coast Guard's (CCG) latest water cannon attack on Philippine vessels "will certainly go nowhere". “Fresh...
The National Security Council (NSC) on Monday, August 14, strongly condemned the latest bomb and gun attack allegedly committed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Uson, Masbate which left three persons seriously wounded, including a local government official. National Security Adviser Eduardo...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A fisherman drowned after suffering a heart attack while fishing at Laguna Lake in Barangay Malaban here on Sunday morning, August 12. Police identified the victim as Antonio Salonga, a resident of Barangay Malaban. Lito Salonga, uncle of Antonio, told police that...
(Wikipedia) The Chinese Coast Guard shouldn't resort to moves that could "escalate tensions" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Thus, said House Committee on National Defense and Security Chairman Iloilo 5th district Rep. Raul "Boboy" Tupas amid the latest water...
