The University of Santo Tomas, through the Office of Public Affairs joined the Austrian Embassy in Manila and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in organizing a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Film Festival and CineForum.
Six documentary films namely "Die Dohnal" (Johanna
Russian AmbassadorMarat Pavlov (Presidential Photo) MANILA - The European Union (EU) on Thursday scored the Russian ambassador to Manila over what it described as "sad and blatant untruths" about Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russian Ambassador to Manila Marat Pavlov, in an opinion piece published in the Philippine Star on March 17, claimed as fake most of the news about the Ukraine-Russia war appearing on the Western and Philippine media. "Sad and blatant untruths in Russian ambassador op-ed at (the Philippine Star) today! Plain truth is that Russia has invaded Ukraine and attacked its population," EU Ambassador Luc Veron said in a tweet. "Russia disregards sovereignty and territorial integrity. Let's fight disinformation!!" he added. Several European ambassadors based in the Philippines followed Veron in castigating the Russian Embassy, stating that the invasion of Ukraine is unlawful and unprovoked. "Shocked and irritated about the disinfor
The country received 8,247,200 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday, Dec. 14, the biggest such delivery in a single-day since it started accepting supplies of the life-saving jabs in February of this year.
Most of the vaccines came from the donations of different European countries
FOR THE PHILIPPINES.A staff of the Department of Health plants the Philippine flag near the boxes containing the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Tuesday (Dec. 14, 2021). This latest shipment of 1,778,400 doses of the single-shot vaccine was donated by the governments of Austria and Sweden.(PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - More vaccine donations from European countries have continued to pour into the country, with the latest shipment of 3,789,600 doses of the Janssen vaccine from Sweden, Austria, and the Netherlands arriving on Tuesday. In an interview at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thanborg said it was a pleasure for her to personally witness the arrival of the vaccines, about 1,512,000 doses, donated by her country through the COVAX Facility. "We will also donate at least six million non-earmarked vaccine doses in 2021, 1.5 million of these doses
PART of its continued commitment to promote women and children’s rights while combating sexual exploitation in all its forms, the Austrian Embassy is launching this October a year-long initiative in partnership with the nongovernment organization Voice of the Free (VF), in accordance with the United Nations 2021 theme: ‘‘Victims’ Voices…