Category: General

Quezon City: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) clarified on Saturday that no decision has been made on the proposed deployment ban of Filipino workers to Kuwait. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo Jose De Vega made the statement following reports in Kuwaiti dailies that Manila had already implemented the ban. According to Philippines News Agency, De Vega emphasized that both the DFA and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) are continuously discussing the issue. He noted that there is no intention for a temporary solution where a ban would be implemented only to be reinstated soon after. De Vega stressed the

N. Cotabato: An active and a deserting member of the Philippine Army were arrested here Friday following an entrapment operation for allegedly selling illegal firearms. Lt. Juaren Caang, spokesperson of the Cotabato Provincial Police Office, identified the suspects as Pfc Jay Clinton Delgado Paguntalan, 30, an active member of the Army’s 39th Infantry Battalion based in Makilala town, and Sarif Dasil Mungkas, 35, an Army deserter. According to Philippines News Agency, the Military Intelligence Battalion led the operation and coordinated with the local police for the entrapment that led to the arrest of the suspects along the national highway in

Dubai: The Philippines’ Tennnielle Madis and Russian Vlada Guryleva claimed victory in the girls’ doubles final of the United Arab Emirates ITF Juniors tournament. They defeated the second-seeded duo, Pavla Sviglerova from the Czech Republic and Inka Wawrzkiewicz from Poland, with a score of 6-4, 6-4 at the TopSpin Sports Center in Dubai on Saturday. According to Philippines News Agency, the top-seeded pair of Madis and Guryleva advanced to the final after defeating Olivia Cela and Kornelia Krzesniak of Poland (6-2, 6-4), Yuhan Chen of China and Diya Ramesh of India (6-0, 6-2), and the fourth-seeded Russian team of Anastasia

Manila: Most ports under the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) were unaffected and continue to operate after several earthquakes struck various regions nationwide since Monday. According to Philippines News Agency, in a situation report on Friday, the PPA said only the Liloan Municipal Port in Southern Leyte is closed and being secured by the Terminal Management Office (TMO) – Liloan after large cracks were found at the port. The damaged port, mostly used by cargo vessels in the area, was affected by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit Southern Leyte at 7:39 a.m. on Thursday, according to Port Management Office (PMO)

Cadiz: The City of Cadiz in Negros Occidental has united 300 visual artists in the first Visayas-wide painting competition, themed ‘Pagsibol sa Kabihasnang Pamumuhay,’ which celebrates Visayan life. It was the first time Cadiz opened its doors to other artists in the Visayas since the city government-led competition started in 2019. According to Philippines News Agency, Cebu’s Jayson Dro±a bagged the grand prize for his masterpiece called ‘Mga Kamay ng Pag-asa’ (Hands of Hope), highlighting the collective strength and shared aspirations of Visayan communities. Dro±a’s winning artwork, painted in oil on a 26 x 32-inch canvas, earned him a cash