Nearly 200 nations OK global warming fund
DUBAI: Nearly 200 nations agreed on Thursday (Friday in Manila) to launch a fund to support countries hit by global warming, in a «historic» moment at the start of UN climate talks in the oil-rich UAE.
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PBBM vows to exhaust all remedies to free 17 Filipino seafarers held hostage in the Red Sea – Presidential Communications Office
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vowed to exhaust all remedies available to send home safely the 17 Filipino seafarers who were held hostage by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
DFA: 17 sailors held hostage ‘in good condition’
MANILA, Philippines — The 17 Filipino seafarers being held hostage in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi militants are expected to be freed soon, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Marcos skips COP28, Citing hostage situation
DUBAI – President Marcos decided at the last minute to skip the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) here, saying he had to attend to the plight of 17 Filipino seafarers held hostage by Iran-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea.
PBBM skips COP28 to personally address “important developments” in hostage situation of 17 Filipino seafarers – Presidential Communications Office
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will no longer attend the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai to personally address “important developments” in the hostage situation involving 17 Filipino seafarers.
Philippines urged to push for fossil fuel phaseout, climate justice at COP28
MANILA, Philippines — As COP28 opens in Dubai Thursday, climate and energy groups are hopeful that the Philippines will lend its voice to the calls for an equitable and swift transition from fossil fuels to renewables, and corporate accountability for climate impacts.
Breathless pope delegates reading as flu persists
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis presided over his weekly audience Wednesday despite the flu that caused him to abandon his attendance at UN climate talks in Dubai, but asked an aide to deliver his reading for him.
House OKs bill declaring climate emergency
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill declaring that the Philippines is in the state of climate emergency.