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NORWAY and the European Union lauded Wednesday the decision of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to return to negotiating table to end the world’s longest communist insurgency in the world.
THE son of the Israeli elderly ward of former Hamas hostage Gelienor “Jimmy” Pacheco met the Filipino caregiver at the hospital in Israel where he was brought after his release, and recalled the last words of his father.
AS Israel and Hamas extended their truce, 12 more hostages—including a Filipino-Israeli woman—were released from captivity on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning Philippine time).
IF there is an award for public diplomacy this year, I will have to nominate Ambassador Ilan Fluss of Israel to receive the gold medal. Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, you can see him on television, hear his voice over the radio, and read his name all over the newspapers and online publications.
AS Israel and Hamas extended their truce, 12 more hostages – including a Filipino-Israeli woman – were released from captivity on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning Philippine time).
THE US Navy destroyer which rescued the distressed commercial tanker in Gulf of Aden noted that Chinese ships were in the area but apparently ignored pleas for help from crew, including two Filipinos.
AFTER extracting 111 Filipinos out of besieged Gaza Strip, the Philippine Embassy in Amman began focusing their energies this time to another Palestinian-occupied territory – West Bank.
THE US Navy destroyer which rescued the distressed commercial tanker in Gulf of Aden noted that Chinese ships were in the area but apparently ignored pleas for help from crew including two Filipinos.
TWO destroyers from the United States and Japan responded to a distress call on Sunday from the besieged commercial tanker M/V Central Park, which was the subject of a hijacking attempt.
AFTER a series of medical tests following his release from Hamas captivity, Filipino caregiver Gelienor “Jimmy” Pacheco was given a clean bill of health by Israeli doctors.
FILIPINO caregiver in Israel Gelienor “Jimmy” Pacheco has been released from captivity by the Hamas militias, November 24 Friday, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced.
THE head of the Houthi-Yemeni naval forces has inspected the 25 crew, including 17 Filipinos, of seized Japanese car carrier Galaxy Leader who were held while passing through the Red Sea last Monday.
The Philippines is not on the radar of foreign investors leaving China as they prefer to transfer to countries where regulations are “more predictable,” according to the United Kingdom’s top diplomat in Manila.
THE Department of Foreign Affairs said the 17 Filipino seafarers taken hostage by Houthi-Yemeni forces in Yemen are safe.
THE Department of Foreign Affairs is apparently avoiding an all-out word war in a brewing interdepartmental feud with the Department of Justice on visa reforms.
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THE European Commission will continue the duty-free access to the Philippines for another four years, after adopting a proposal to prolong the current rules until 2027 “to ensure continuity and legal certainty.”
THE Department of Foreign Affairs is speaking with “governments” to find ways to release the 17 Filipino seafarers taken on board the besieged Japanese car carrier in Yemen.
BEIJING has nixed the idea of Manila to have a separate code of conduct only among Southeast Asian claimants of the South China Sea.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has denied reports that the personal data of Filipinos who took the Covid-19 vaccines that were leaked to the dark web came from their servers.
SEVENTEEN Filipino seafarers were among the 25 crew on board a Japanese ship that Yemeni naval forces seized in the Red Sea, reports reaching the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
ISRAEL Defense Forces (IDF) presented visual evidence proving that what they claimed in the past that Hamas militants have used Gaza’s largest and most advanced referral hospital as their base operations.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday and raised his concerns about the brewing tension in the West Philippine Sea that resulted in the actual collision between a Chinese Coast Guard vessel and Philippine civilian boat last month.
REGIDOR Esguerra is not the typical OFW Filipino nurse. The General Santos native sports long hair, tied at the back, with a moustache and goatee. But his rugged looks humbly mask the heroic feat he pulled through from hell, the Gaza Strip.
THE Philippines and the United States revived a 1968 nuclear cooperation agreement signed during the administration of the late strongman former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. allowing US to share its technology to the Philippines for peaceful purposes.
PHILIPPINE and Japanese foreign ministers met at the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco and agreed to fast track negotiations for a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)-like accord, which both counties have with the US.
MANILA fired its longest and strongest rebuttal ever to Beijing since 2016, demanding that the Asian military superpower get out of the West Philippine Sea and be accountable for the environmental destruction it caused in building artificial islands.
ITALY recently opened anew job slots—more than 452,000—to Filipinos and non-European workers under its Flows Decree (Decreto Flussi) program from 2023-2025.
THE United States Department and the European Union’s diplomatic service have welcomed the temporary release of former Sen. Leila de Lima after almost seven years.
THE Philippines has voted in favor of seven out of eight United Nations resolutions that singled out or condemned Israel.
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