3 Nigerians arrested for alleged rape in QC

Charie Abarca 07/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Three Nigerians were arrested by police on Saturday for allegedly raping a 33-year-old woman in Quezon City. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) identified the suspects as Malachy Chukwuebuka Ekete, 33; Emmanuel Chikaodili Egbuna,…

More Filipinos move out of Sudan but are stuck in border -DFA

Beatrice Pinlac - Reporter 04/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — At least 300 more Filipinos have started evacuating Sudan while the 72-hour ceasefire clock of warring factions in the war-torn country continues to wind down, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Foreign Affairs…

Coast Guard K9 unit shows photos of Cessna wreckage in Isabela

Zacarian Sarao 03/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Photos of the wreckage of the Cessna plane that went missing for almost two months were released by the Coast Guard K9 Field Operating Unit on Sunday. The photos showed the wreckage of the…

Text scam complaints drop since implementation of SIM registration law — NTC

Zacarian Sarao 03/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Since the enactment of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act, the National Telecommunications Office (NTC) on Sunday said that the daily average number of text scam complaints dropped from 1,500 to 100. “Agad…

Bodies of Isabela plane crash victims retrieved

Zacarian Sarao 03/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The remains of the pilot and five passengers of the ill-fated Cessna plane that crashed in Isabela have been retrieved, the provincial public information announced on Sunday. “As of 12:54pm today, the bodies of the pilot…

200 Filipino youth leaders join U.S. summit to strengthen programs for out-of-school youth

PR 03/02/2023

Manila, Philippines — More than 200 youth champions from 15 cities in the Philippines participated in the first-ever National Youth Development Alliance (YDA) Summit hosted by the United States government on February 22 and 23, in Davao…

PCG: Possible debris of missing air ambulance spotted off Palawan

John Eric Mendoza 03/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday said suspected debris of a missing helicopter has been found in Palawan waters. The PCG Command Center said crew members of the BRP Malabrigo spotted the possible debris of…

Search, rescue ops intensified for passengers of downed Cessna in Albay

Inquirer.net 02/21/2023

MANILA Philippines — The Province of Albay on Tuesday intensified its search and rescue operations to locate passengers that boarded a Cessna plane that went missing, but was later found near the crater of Mayon Volcano. Albay…

DFA chief: China harassment a ‘daily situation’ for PH

Francis Mangosing, Tina G. Santos 02/20/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo brought up the Philippines’ maritime tensions with China at a high-level security conference in Germany on Saturday, saying that China’s harassment of Filipino fishermen and the country’s coast guard was…

Lawmaker wants Mandarin taught in schools

Jeanette I. Andrade 02/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan wants the Chinese language of Mandarin taught in schools nationwide. “If we are going to continue to rely on the export of labor to help drive our economic growth,…

China harasses Philippine Coast Guard vessel with laser

Francis Mangosing 02/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has accused a Chinese coast guard ship of directing a “military-grade” laser at one of its vessels, putting the Filipino crew in danger. The PCG vessel was supporting a…

Death toll tops 21,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fade

Agence France Presse 02/10/2023

Syria — The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded. The chief of…

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