BASISTA, Pangasinan – Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Dana Kursh on Monday visited the wake of Mary Ann de Vera, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) killed in a missile strike in Tel Aviv, Israel. "I 'm basically representing the state of Israel. And on behalf of the state of Israel, we...
The remains of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Mary Ann De Vera, who died in a missile attack in Israel, arrived in Manila early morning on Saturday, March 14, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) revealed. De Vera’s remains, sealed in a special container bearing the flag of Israel, arrived at...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with the widower of Filipina caregiver Mary Ann de Vera, who was killed by shrapnel in an Iranian attack, to express the Jewish nation’s devastation over the incident. Herzog met Bernie Galsim Lavarias, De Vera’s husband, at the presidential residence on...
BASISTA, Pangasinan – The family of Mary Ann de Vera, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from this town killed in a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, is asking for privacy as they mourn and urged the speedy repatriation of her remains, local officials said Monday. Basista Mayor Jolly Resuello...
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...
Malacañang said the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) will review the case of Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipina who was convicted abroad for drug trafficking, amid her petition for clemency. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said the OES will review the latest...
It would be better if Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina who was convicted abroad for drug trafficking, personally seeks clemency from the President, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro deemed it preferable for Veloso to write to President Marcos over...
The identity of Mary Grace Piattos, an alleged recipient of Vice President Sara Duterte 's confidential funds, will remain a mystery, after all. This, as Duterte 's defense team clarified on Thursday, Feb. 6, that the controversial Mary Grace Piattos will not be part of its defense as...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte is ready to explain controversies surrounding the impeachment complaint filed against her, including the mysterious Mary Grace Piattos. Lawyer Michael Poa, one of the counsels of the Vice President, made the pronouncement Wednesday, Feb. 4, as House...
President Marcos marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a call for moral clarity in public life, urging Filipinos—and especially those in government—to begin every national undertaking “with truth, humility, and compassion” to rebuild public trust. In a message released by...
