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 in 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.

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.

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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.

MANY Filipino-Americans (Fil-Ams) living in the United States are struggling financially this year, with outstanding unsecured debts averaging around $38,000 (P2.1 million), a Fil-Am debt relief financial expert said.

FOREIGN ministers from the Group of Seven, the leading industrialized democracies in the world, reiterated their support to the 2016 arbitration ruling that invalidates China’s expansive claim over the South China Sea (SCS).

THE Rafah Border Crossing in Gaza Strip was closed anew Wednesday, stranding hundreds of foreigners and Palestinians, including more than 80 Filipinos and their Palestinian spouses who were scheduled to exit the enclave.

MORE than 600 foreigners, including 42 Filipinos and their children, left the war torn Gaza Strip Tuesday, as the Rafah border was reopened following a three-day hiatus brought about by the airstrike of Israel on an ambulance last week.

THE Philippines and Japan are on the verge of negotiating for a military access agreement at the height of their common security threat from Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific.
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The Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister said relations between The Netherlands and the Philippines are “very good” after the demise of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison in December 2022.
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THE Philippine Embassy in Amman has regained contact with several families in Gaza Strip after losing contact with all of them for more than 30 hours since Israel expanded its ground military operations to Gaza.
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THE Philippine government fully supports the call for a ceasefire in Gaza Strip, but was forced to abstain from an Arab-sponsored resolution in the United Nations General Assembly because it fell short of condemning the Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 ...

Manila is in talks with Tel-Aviv, Ramallah and other governments for the safe release of two Filipinos who were “assumed” to be taken as hostages by the Hamas militants during the October 7 attacks in southern Israel.
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A FILIPINO nurse who worked as a caregiver in Israel was killed at the height of the attacks of Hamas militants last Saturday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
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ARTIFICIAL intelligence will inevitably replace “certain” human jobs but companies should be responsible for retooling their employees who will be affected by it, former chief operating officer of Nestlé Group Peter Brabeck-Letmathe said...

China has opposed efforts by small island nations to require coastal states to protect the oceans and seas to stop the worsening effects of climate change.

HAVE you noticed that the Philippine maps sold in bookstores or published in government websites do not indicate the West Philippine Sea and Philippine Rise?

MARITIME and academic experts from India have suggested that Manila and New Delhi explore possible joint oil and gas exploration offshore, possibly in the West Philippine Sea.

PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. and US Vice President Kamala Harris explored a possible expansion of their joint bilateral exercises with other countries in the South China Sea.

THE municipality of Kalayaan in Palawan joined the recently concluded Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) and offered adventure-seeking tourists discounts for visitors to the islands claimed by the country in the West Philippine Sea.