The British Embassy in Manila denied a news report that relief aid from the United Kingdom (UK) was not reaching the victims of Supertyphoon ‘‘Yolanda’’ (international name Haiyan.)
The European Commission, in a message sent to President Benigno Aquino III, has pledged its assistance and expressed sympathy to victims of supertyphoon “Yolanda.”
Filipino seafarers could soon lose their jobs in the European Union ships if Manila still fails to correct maritime education flaws, a European Commission official said Wednesday.
The Swiss government is offering scholarships to those currently taking up doctorate studies in the Philippines and to medical doctors wishing to undertake specializations in select universities in Switzerland, according to Education Secretary Armin Luistro.
The European Union said Thursday it would help fund a project to encourage the families of millions of Filipino overseas workers to save money and use it to develop their home towns.
It’s not as if “James Bond” or any other agent from MI6—the British foreign intelligence service—is watching from concealed corners or on the lookout for an imminent threat.
From one of the world’s major centers of international diplomacy, Geneva to the deserts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, migrant Filipinos are making their voices heard.
The Philippines on Wednesday deported a Dutch activist who attended an international conference on human rights and peace in Quezon City and participated in a protest demonstration marking President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address last month.
No Filipinos were involved in the recent bus crash in Italy that left at least 38 people dead, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday.
Some 300 Filipinos in Rome, Italy took a time out from their work Thursday to hold a protest rally against China’s “intrusion” in the West Philippine Seas (South China Sea).
The Philippine Embassy in Madrid, Spain is monitoring whether there are Filipino victims in the train crash that left at least 77 people dead, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
The trial of Italy’s cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino is set to get under way on Wednesday, with survivors of the 2012 nighttime disaster and relatives of the 32 victims expected to attend.
