THE Ateneo de Manila University announced that its campus at Rockwell Center in Makati City will be reopening next week. In a memorandum on Thursday, Ateneo said it will resume operations on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. PHOTO FROM ATENEO WEBSITE It said that while “some minor architectural, mechanical and electrical …
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SEN. Francis Tolentino has expressed concern over the Maritime Industry Authority's policy (Marina) of confiscating the catch of fishermen who failed to secure a fishing permit. The senator on Thursday called out Marina's apparent “difficult regulations.” Sen. Francis Tolentino gestures as he answers questions from the media during the weekly …
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Rest of Israel under Alert 2; Movement, deployment of Filipinos still suspended The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday put Gaza under crisis alert level 3, which calls for voluntary repatriation of Filipinos there, as heavy Israeli bombardments continued to hit the Palestinian enclave. Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega …
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. spoke to the families of Filipinos killed in the Hamas attack in Israel on Wednesday night and vowed to provide them with the help they needed. “Last night, I made two of the most difficult phone calls I’ve had to make as President. The nation is …
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Israeli strikes knocked Syria’s two main airports out of service on Thursday, Syrian state media said, in the first such attack since a weekend Hamas assault on Israel triggered fierce fighting. Israeli strikes have repeatedly caused the grounding of flights at the airports in the capital Damascus and northern city …
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The government hoisted Alert Level 2 over Israel to halt new deployments as authorities began identifying exit routes for a possible repatriation or evacuation mission. The administration on Wednesday also said there is still no need to order the mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in Israel, even as the fighting between …
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CITING the danger from the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) banned the deployment of Filipino workers to Israel.. “No deployment as of now,” said Department of Migrant Workers (DMEW) officer-in-charge Leo Hans Cacdac on Tuesday, adding that focus is now on the security concerns of Filipinos …
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Palestinian terrorists from the Hamas group, which dragged off about 150 people in its surprise weekend assault on Israel, threatened to execute the hostages if Israeli air strikes continue targeting Gaza residents without warning. Israel, however, “won’t be negotiating with anyone at this crisis time in the country,” Lior Haiat, …
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The House of Representatives has scrapped P1.23 billion in confidential and intelligence funds of five agencies, including that of Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education, as it realigned P194 billion in next year’s proposed budget. “We believe that the House of Representatives is on the right …
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China on Monday warned the Philippines to take its words “seriously” and declared that it will do “what is necessary” to protect its interest in the South China Sea, which it claims is in violation of a UN tribunal ruling. The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued the warning Monday night as …
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