36 Filipino evacuees from Gaza arriving today
MANILA, Philippines — Only 36 of the 40 Filipino evacuees from Gaza who crossed the Rafah border into Egypt on Nov. 7 will be flown to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
Kidnapping latest news
Chinese woman escapes from captors
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — A Chinese woman who was reportedly kidnapped by her compatriots in Pasay City on Monday escaped from her captors in Biñan City, Laguna yesterday.
WHO slams Gaza aid delivery problems
GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed the lack of safety guarantees for bringing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying it was near impossible to get medical supplies to hospitals.
Time running out to prevent Gaza 'genocide' — UN-mandated experts
GENEVA, Switzerland — A group of UN-mandated human rights experts, including the special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, said Thursday "time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza", which Israel called Hamas "propaganda".
Hamas video shows women abducted in Israel attacks
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Hamas released Monday a video showing three of the more than 230 people Israel says were seized by Palestinian militants in massive October 7 raids that triggered an all-out war in Gaza.
Govt trying to locate missing Filipinos in Israel
THE government is exerting efforts «to locate» the two missing Filipinos in Israel whom the government assumed to be among those kidnapped by Hamas militants in early October, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said.
10 scariest villains in horror fiction
MANILA, Philippines — It's almost Halloween — that one single time of the year when spooks, ghosts, monsters, goblins and other scary creatures bask in the spotlight.
PH seeks help in finding missing Filipinos
THE Philippines has sought the help of other countries in finding two missing Filipinos or securing their release if they were indeed kidnapped by Hamas militants, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said.