Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to prepare for humanitarian flights that would help bring back some 380 Filipino nationals working in Ukraine. Escudero noted other nations have been prompting and
(PNA file photo) MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday night confirmed that a Filipino national was injured in the attempted Houthi drone attack at the Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia. The unmanned aircraft was intercepted by the Saudi Air Defenses on February 10 but some of its debris fell within the vicinity of the airport, wounding 12 civilians. "The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah is in touch with the Filipino affected by the incident at Saudi airport. He sustained minor injuries but is in stable condition," DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Cultural Diplomacy Gonar Musor said in a text message. Citing authorities, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said the bomb-laden drone "deliberately and systematically" targeted civilians and staff at the Abha International Airport. Also injured were two Saudi citizens, four Bangladeshi expatriates, three Nepali nationals, one Sri Lankan, and one Indian, it reported. "Th
Philippine Embassy in Warsaw, Poland (Facebook photo) MANILA - The Philippine Embassy in Warsaw, Poland is in touch with the Filipino community in Ukraine, in coordination with the Honorary Consulate General in Kyiv, amid heightened tensions and the United States warning about a possible Russian invasion. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Gonar Musor, said approximately 380 Filipino nationals are living in Ukraine. "Most are in Kyiv and its environs and are therefore located far from the eastern border near Russia," he said in a statement on Saturday. Musor said they are "encouraged to contact the embassy, report any untoward incident they might observe in their respective areas, and continue monitoring their Filipino friends through social media." A deployment banwas imposed by Manila since 2014 when political crisis hit the Eastern European nation and Russia annexed Crimea. In the early weeks this yea