The ripple effects of the war in the Middle East are hitting home hard for Filipino jeepney driver Toni Prado, whose daily earnings have been gutted by soaring fuel prices. He was one of thousands of jeepney drivers who took to the streets across the country on Thursday to protest a more than doubling of … Read more
Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter. The 46-year-old, whose small ship was struck by a pair of missiles this week in the Strait of Hormuz, is the only seafarer from the Philippines known to be … Read more
A STUDY by the Second Congressional Commission on Education noted that proficiency rates among Filipino learners decline sharply as they advance through the education system. Edcom 2 noted that under DepEd order 55 series of 2016, the department conducts system-level assessments by key stage to monitor the basic education system, and assess the effectiveness of … Read more
Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle may be one of the favourites to be named the next pope, but a Catholic Sister who has known him for half a century says she will never pray for it to happen. “I’m afraid of the politics in Rome,” Sister Marilena Narvaez said from their shared home neighbourhood, south … Read more
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday announced that the 17 Filipinos arrested in Qatar for participating in an unauthorized rally were free to go. “I’m happy to share with you that Qatar has confirmed it will not pursue charges against the 17 Filipinos who were earlier detained for illegal assembly. They will not face any … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) led the repatriation of 176 Filipinos who were rescued from scam centers in Myawaddy, Myanmar. The alleged human trafficking victims (HTVs) boarded a special flight from Bangkok, Thailand and arrived early Wednesday. Source link
Wei Rui came up short in his bantamweight kickboxing title fight against Jonathan Haggerty at ONE 171 at Lusail Arena, Qatar on Thursday. Haggerty came into the fight off a devastating knockout loss at the hands of Superlek Kiatmoo9 last year, which saw him relinquish the belt – and the Englishman produced a slow start, … Read more
(UPDATE) CAMBODIA has pardoned and sent home 13 Filipino women who were jailed over a scheme to become surrogate mothers, an outlawed practice in that country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday. They were among 24 foreign women detained by Cambodian police in September, and convicted and sentenced to four years in … Read more