PINAY CAREGIVER INJURED IN ISRAEL MISSILE ATTACK DIES – DFA
A FILIPINA caregiver who sustained severe injuries during a missile attack in Israel on June 15 passed away, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)...
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STAY INDOORS, FILIPINOS IN ISRAEL TOLD AMID RISING TENSION
FILIPINOS in Israel were advised to remain indoors amid fears of a possible retaliatory attack from Iran. The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv issued...
AIR INDIA PLANE CRASH LEAVES 1 SURVIVOR, 241 PASSENGERS DEAD
A UK-BOUND Air India flight carrying 242 people crashed near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff...
6.1 QUAKE HITS NORTHERN JAPAN
ANKARA – A strong earthquake struck northern Japan on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The magnitude 6.1 quake hit near the city...
TEVES ARRESTED IN TIMOR-LESTE; FILES HABEAS CORPUS PLEA
EXPELLED Negros Oriental 3rd district Congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. on Tuesday night was arrested in Timor-Leste where he sought asylum. Immigration officers arrested...
RUNAWAY FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS URGED TO AVAIL OF SAUDI’S 6-MONTH GRACE PERIOD
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) urged runaway Filipino domestic workers to seek assistance from the Migrant Workers Offices (MWOs) in taking advantage of...
FILIPINO MOUNTAINEER DIES ON MT. EVEREST
FILIPINO climber engineer Philipp Santiago II died while preparing to scale the highest peak of Mt. Everest, it was reported on Thursday. In a...
LEO XIV IS THE NEW POPE
CARDINAL Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected as the new pope, taking the name Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV, the...
NEW POPE ELECTED
CARDINALS have chosen the next leader of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The next Pope will be the Catholic Church’s...
FILIPINOS TOLD TO AVOID AREAS NEAR INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER
THE Philippines Embassy advised all Filipinos traveling to and within Pakistan to exercise caution and avoid areas near the India-Pakistan border as New Delhi...
ESCUDERO CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACK IN KASHMIR
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” Escudero condemned the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir that left 26 tourists dead. “We stand with the world in condemning...
9 DEAD IN CANADA ‘LAPU LAPU’ STREET PARTY; PBBM EXPRESSES GRIEF
NINE were confirmed dead while scores were wounded when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) plowed into a crowd of Filipinos celebrating the Lapu Lapu...
POPE FRANCIS LAID TO REST AS 400,000 MOURNERS, INCLUDING WORLD LEADERS, ATTEND FUNERAL OF PONTIFF ‘WITH AN OPEN HEART’
POPE Francis, the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, was laid to rest at St. Mary Major Basilica...
TRUMP, ZELENSKY MEET AT POPE FRANCIS FUNERAL IN VATICAN
MOSCOW – US President Donald Trump met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City on Saturday, according...
POPE FRANCIS DIES AT 88 – VATICAN
POPE Francis on Easter Monday died at the age of 88, the Vatican said in a statement. The Holy Father died a day after...
POPE CALLS FOR PEACE, WARNS AGAINST ‘LOGIC OF FEAR’ IN EASTER MESSAGE ‘URBI ET ORBI’
POPE Francis decried the numerous conflicts plaguing the planet and appealed to world leaders “not to yield to the logic of fear” in his...
POPE FRANCIS VISITS BASILICA IN ROME ON EVE OF PALM SUNDAY
Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome and prays before the image of the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani, on...
CHINA ARRESTS 3 FILIPINOS SUSPECTED OF SPYING
CHINA on Thursday said it had arrested three Filipinos on suspicion of spying. The arrest came after seven Chinese nationals – five in January...
17 FILIPINOS ARRESTED IN QATAR OVER MARCH 28 ‘UNAUTHORIZED’ PROTEST
SOME 17 Filipinos were arrested over alleged “unauthorized” rallies in Qatar, the Philippine Embassy in Doha on Friday night confirmed. “The Embassy of the...
NO FILIPINOS HURT IN MYANMAR, THAILAND QUAKE – PH EMBASSY
THERE were no reports of Filipinos injured by the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar Friday afternoon, the Philippine Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar said....
HONEYLET, KITTY ARRIVE AT THE HAGUE FOR DUTERTE’S 80TH BIRTHDAY
FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte’s common-law partner Honeylet Avanceña and their daughter Veronica “Kitty” Duterte arrived at the Hague, Netherlands for the former chief executive’s...
POPE FRANCIS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL
POPE Francis makes his first public appearance on Sunday, March 23, 2025 at the window of his room at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome...
PASSENGER PLANE COLLIDES MID-AIR WITH MILITARY CHOPPER IN WASHINGTON DC, OVER 60 FEARED DEAD
Over 60 people are feared dead after an American Eagle passanger plane on Wednesday night collided mid-air with a Black Hawk military helicopter before...
TRUMP SWEARS IN AS 47TH PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES, VOWS ‘GOLDEN AGE’ FOR AMERICA
DONALD Trump on Monday was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The Republican leader took his oath of office at...
SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO BUILDING IN CALIFORNIA; 2 KILLED, 19 HURT
ISTANBUL – Two people were killed and 19 others injured when a small aircraft crashed into the rooftop of a commercial building near Fullerton Airport...
SOUTH KOREAN JET CRASH-LANDS AT AIRPORT, OVER 40 PASSENGERS DEAD
A PASSENGER jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea leaving ar least 47 people dead. The plane was carrying 175 passengers and...
PLANE CRASHES IN KAZAKHSTAN, 38 DEAD
AN Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard on Wednesday crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, Kazakh...
POPE FRANCIS ON CHRISTMAS 2024: GOD IS OUR HOPE
VATICAN— Hope lives, Pope Francis said in his homily for Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican, as he reflected on the incredible fact that...
2 OFWS DIE IN KUWAIT FIRE
TWO overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died in a fire that hit a house in Kuwait, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed Friday. Both...
POPE FRANCIS NAMES FILIPINO PRIEST AUXILIARY BISHOP IN AUSTRALIA
POPE Francis has appointed a Filipino missionary priest as one of two new auxiliary bishops in Australia. In an article posted on the Catholic...
PINOY EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
THE Philippine government on Tuesday reported that a Filipino on death row in Saudi Arabia has been executed. According to the Department of Foreign...
HEAT WAVE CAUSES 28 DEATHS, 3,000 RELATED CASES IN SOUTH KOREA
ISTANBUL – The number of heat-related illnesses in South Korea has surged past 3,000 this year, with 28 deaths reported amid relentless heat waves sweeping...
6.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE JOLTS JAPAN
ANKARA – A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.8 hit northern and northeastern Japan on Saturday, local media said. However, the weather agency has not issued...
JOE BIDEN DROPS OUT OF 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
US President Joe Biden has dropped out from the presidential race in the November 2024 election. The withdrawal came after weeks of mounting pressure...
2 MEN FOUND DEAD, WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS, INSIDE CAR IN CABANATUAN 
FEMALE HIGH-LEVEL DRUG SUSPECT NABBED, OVER P3.4-M SHABU SEIZED IN BULACAN STING 
PINAY CAREGIVER INJURED IN ISRAEL MISSILE ATTACK DIES – DFA 
SENATE APPROVAL RATINGS UP – SURVEY