Iraq passes bill sentencing same-sex acts to 10-15 years’ jail

Agence France Presse 04/28/2024

Iraq’s parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalizing same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an “attack on human rights.” Transgender people will…

Iraq manhandles PHL, 5-0, in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Glendale G. Rosal 03/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine men’s national football team, or PMNT, suffered a humiliating 0-5 defeat at the hands of the visiting Iraq in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers held at the jampacked Rizal Memorial…

Three Cebu booters make final cut for PHL FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers line-up

Glendale G. Rosal 03/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Football Club’s Chima Uzoka and Jeremiah Borlongan and homegrown player Theo Libarnes made it to the final roster for the Philippine men’s national football team that will compete in the FIFA World…

World Cup 2026 qualifiers: Philippine Men’s National football team to face Iraq

Glendale G. Rosal 03/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Philippine Men’s National team (PMNT), formerly the Philippine Azkals, will square off with Iraq in back-to-back matches on March 21 and 26 for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup 2027…

Iraq wedding fire kills at least 100, injures 150

Agence France Presse 09/27/2023

Al-Hamdaniyah, Iraq—At least 100 people were killed and more than 150 injured when a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah, state media and health officials said early…

‘Rising despite lockdown’

Tony S. Bergonia - @inquirerdotnet 07/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is one of nine countries that are seeing a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases despite having the world’s toughest lockdowns to stop coronavirus transmission, according to a groundbreaking University of Oxford…

Rocket hits near US embassy in Baghdad: security sources

AFP 05/19/2020

BAGHDAD, Iraq – One rocket hit near the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday morning, security sources told AFP, the first to land in the high-security zone in weeks. The blast could be heard across the Iraqi…

POEA totally bans deployment of OFWs to Iraq

Krixia Subingsubing 01/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) has imposed a total ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq, formalizing the government’s efforts to repatriate Filipinos amid escalating tensions between the United…

Forced evacuation ordered; PH troops to escort Filipinos out of Iraq

the Inquirer staff 01/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The government on Wednesday ordered the mandatory evacuation of  Filipino workers from Iraq as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated, with Iranian missiles slamming into US bases  in  retaliation for the US…

PH orders mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in Iraq

Christia Marie Ramos 01/08/2020

https://www.facebook.com/PHinIraq/videos/2506087159661994/ MANILA, Philippines — The government has ordered the mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in Iraq amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. In a Facebook Live early Wednesday (Philippine time), Chargé d’Affaires Jomar Sadie said that Iraq…

Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger

01/02/2020

BAGHDAD — Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence. The withdrawal…

BI tightens screening of Dubai-bound passengers

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/01/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will “rigidly screen” passengers bound for Dubai following reports that the emirate was being used as a transit point for Filipino workers to be illegally deployed in Iraq. Immigration…

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