The government is set to repatriate Filipinos affected by the COVID-19 surge in Hong Kong following reports that some migrant workers in the Chinese special administrative region who caught the virus were turned away by their employers.
CIVIL society groups will play a bigger role in government under the leadership of presidential candidate Ernesto C. Abella. The former presidential spokesperson and foreign undersecretary said the measure will give the public a bigger stake in the government's operations, particularly at the local level. Usually, it is only the "legislation…
The war in Ukraine continued to worsen as dozens were reported to have been killed in Russia’s initial salvo of rocket attacks. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is taking a direct hand in the repatriation of Filipinos from the embattled Eastern European country through its border with Po
HAVING contrasting positions on territorial issues notwithstanding, Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana said the Philippines and China remain friends and partners in various areas of cooperation. Lorenzana made the remark following the turnover of donated military equipment worth 130 million (around P1.05 billion) Chinese renminbi (RMB) by China’s Ministry of…
THE United States turned over four Cessna 172 Skylark planes to the Philippine Naval Air Wing based in Sangley Point, Cavite on February 10 as part of a P298.1-million ($5.8 million) grant under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program. The Cessna planes will be used to train new naval aviators,…