Philippines Earthquake Kills Five And Injures 130
Five people died and 130 were injured after a powerful earthquake struck the northern Philippines on Wednesday.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Luzon, the country's most populous isl...
July 28, 2022245Category: International
Philippines: Marcos Jr. Eyes Presidential Election Landslide
Millions of Filipinos headed to polling stations on Monday, as the son of a former dictator looks set to come to power in the country's general election.
Although there are ten candidates for t...
May 09, 2022132Category: Filipinos
Foreign Travelers Can Return To The Philippines After A Two-year Ban
An omicron-fueled surge in tourism and related industries has eased as the Philippines lifted a nearly two-year ban on foreign visitors. The Philippines will no longer require foreign travelers who ha...
February 11, 2022284Category: Travel
Philippines: Child Marriage Ban Takes Effect
Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18.
The impoverished Sout...
January 06, 2022308Category: International
Omicron In The Philippines? Latest Travel Rules To Know
Testing and quarantine requirements for inbound travellers had been tightened in the Philippines, as the Asian country raised border controls higher over the Omicron variant.
Health authorities rep...
December 06, 2021881Category: Filipinos
Philippines Suspends Flights From 7 Countries With New COVID-19 Variant
The Philippines on Friday suspended flights from countries with cases of a new coronavirus variant that was first detected in South Africa, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said.
Countries...
November 27, 2021747Category: Filipinos
Fully-vaccinated Tourists From 'green' Countries Welcome: Philippines
Fully-vaccinated international travelers and tourists from "green" countries, territories or jurisdictions tagged as "low risk” for COVID-19 will soon be allowed to travel to the ...
November 19, 2021349Category: Travel
Products From Philippines Making Home Closer To Filipinos In Kuwait
Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Mohd Noordin Pendosina N. Lomondot recently visited City Centre at Manara Mall in Shuwaikh and had a tour together with Philippine Labor Attache to Kuwait Nasser S. Mus...
October 24, 2021386Category: Business
‘Home Workers Evacuation Rises; Reputation At Risk’
A specialist in domestic labor affairs Bassam Al-Shammari says, “The phenomenon of evacuating domestic workers present inside the embassies of some foreign recruiting countries via private jets ...
September 25, 2021837Category: Kuwait
Philippines EPassport Renewal Centre Launched In Kuwait City
The Republic of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs and VFS Global, the world’s largest visa outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worl...
September 20, 2021725Category: Filipinos
The Philippines Lifts The Ban On Travelers From 10 Countries
Philippine presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Saturday that President Rodrigo Duterte will on Monday lift the ban on travelers from 10 countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Oman, India a...
September 04, 20215235Category: Travel
Philippines Extends Travel Ban For 10 Countries Over Delta Concerns
The Philippines will extend a ban on travellers from India and nine other countries to the end of August because of concerns posed by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presid...
August 15, 2021620Category: Filipinos
Pinoys Stranded In Privatized War; Contractors Stuck In Dubai
Some of the foreign contractors who powered the logistics of America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan now find themselves stranded on an unending layover in Dubai without a way to get ...
August 09, 2021377Category: International
Police Chief Killed Over Hair
A policeman staffing a coronavirus quarantine checkpoint in the southern Philippines killed a provincial police chief who criticized his long hair, police said Friday. Security escorts for Sulu provin...
August 08, 2021671Category: International
Inbound Flights Expected To Transport More Than 5,000 New Domestic Workers
Chairman of the Voluntary Committee tasked to study the conditions of domestic workers in the country Bassam Al-Shammari revealed that the number of direct flights from the Philippines will increase t...
August 01, 2021479Category: Kuwait
Philippines To Ban Travel From Malaysia, Thailand To Curb Delta's Spread
The Philippines will ban the entry of travellers coming from Malaysia and Thailand in a bid to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant, the presidential spokesp...
July 24, 2021446Category: Filipinos
Philippines Extends Travel Ban On UAE, 6 Other Countries Until July 31
The Philippine government on Wednesday announced the extension of its ban on travellers from the UAE and six other countries.
The Covid-driven travel restriction — which has been in place sin...
July 14, 2021751Category: Filipinos
Filipina Commits Suicide, Death Probed
An unidentified Filipina allegedly committed suicide by hanging inside her apartment in Farwaniya, reports Al-Anba daily. The woman was found hanging inside a room which she shared with ‘others&...
May 31, 2021854Category: Crime News