An anti- human trafficking group is urging the Asean Experts Working Group, which is now meeting here in the Philippines, to come up with a “regional comprehensive approach” to address this problem in Southeast Asia.
Despite diplomatic differences, the Philippines should quickly send a humanitarian mission to China to help victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked its province over the weekend, Senator Ralph Recto said on Tuesday.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Tuesday warned of “severe damage” that the Philippines could suffer from nuclear warfare should the situation in the Korean peninsula escalate.
President Benigno Aquino III on Friday said there was no “imminent threat ” yet to start the evacuation of about 40,000 Filipinos in the tense Korean Peninsula.
Pope Francis has expressed openness to an invitation to visit the Philippines during the 51st International Eucharistic Congress slated in 2016, Vice President Jejomar Binay said Wednesday.
The Philippines may use “limited force” against Malaysia if the lives of Filipinos caught in the middle of a violent dispute in Sabah are in danger, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said on Friday.
Overseas Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta, who was scheduled for execution in Saudi Arabia , has been given a three-month reprieve by the Saudi government, Vice President Jejomar Binay announced in a press conference on Tuesday.
The Philippine government is exerting all efforts to push back the deadline for the blood money payment of overseas Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta, which ends Tuesday, March 12, Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Monday.
“What do you want me to do?” an exasperated President Benigno Aquino III asked during a political rally here on Wednesday, explaining his administration’s actions on the Sabah situation.
What’s happening in Sabah is wrong, so why do we have to support it?
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday proposed the creation of a diplomatic office in Sabah to attend to Filipinos who would be affected by the fighting there between the Malaysian forces and the followers of the sultan of Sulu.
The sultan of Sulu and his supporters in Sabah have found an ally in Senator Ferdinand “Bong-Bong” Marcos Jr., who called on the Aquino administration to “protect” first the sultanate before discussing the country’s claim over the disputed land.
