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The Philippines raised the alert level in May last year and the government has so far brought home 701 or 60% of Filipinos based in Myanmar. 

(Anadolu photo) MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) retained Alert Level 4 in Myanmar despite appeals from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to lift the classification. In a statement Wednesday, the department said mandatory evacuation procedures remain in place in the Southeast Asian nation amid the security situation there. "The DFA acknowledges the concerns of OFWs wishing to return to Myanmar despite the uncertainty and danger posed by the ongoing crisis. However, the safety...

EARTHQUAKE DRILL. The Office of Civil Defense in Western Visayas (OCD-6) conducts the earthquake drill in an isolation facility in Barangay Loong, Concepcion, Iloilo on March 10, 2022. OCD-6 is pushing for the conduct of the face-to-face drills since the majority of the provinces and highly urbanized cities in Western Visayas are under Alert Level 1, said information officer Cindy Ferrer on Wednesday (July 27, 2022).(Photo courtesy of OCD Western Visayas FB page) ILOILO CITY - The Office of the ...

The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, July 25, a total of 19,536 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past week. A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line with the implementation of the Department of Tra

Japanese authorities have declared the highest level of alert after the volcano started spewing ash and smoke at 7am ET. No damage has been reported.

Davao City not keen making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory - Health official

(Anadolu photo) MANILA - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday called on Filipinos in Sri Lanka to cooperate with repatriation efforts undertaken by the Philippine government. "In this difficult and uncertain time we appeal to our Filipinos to heed the call of government officials for cooperation and to collaborate with them. It is for their own good and well-being," Bishop Ruperto Santos, chairperson of the CBCP's Episcopal Commission on Migrants...

COVID-19 JAB. An employee of the Negros Occidental provincial government gets inoculated against Covid-19 at the vaccination site inside the Negros Residences in Bacolod City in 2021. Some 1.385 million Negrenses have been fully vaccinated as of July 16, 2022, data of the Provincial Health Office on Friday (July 22) showed.(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - The province of Negros Occidental has fully vaccinated some 1.385 million of its residents against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The municipality of Ilog has been added to the list of local government units in Negros Occidental, placed under Alert Level 1,

The Philippines joins a small number of Asian economies that received a better economic outlook from ADB.