ASEAN COUNTRIES READY TO ASSIST PH IN ISRAEL REPATRIATION, SAYS DFA OFFICIAL

The Philippines’ Southeast Asian neighbors are offering assistance in repatriating Filipinos affected by the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict under an international approach in responding to the crisis, a foreign affairs official said on Friday. “The President also directed the Department of Foreign Affairs to contact other countries and also through the embassies in Manila to provide…

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PBBM ORDERS GOV’T AGENCIES TO PROVIDE AID, LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE TO FILIPINOS ARRIVING FROM ISRAEL

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. directed the relevant government agencies on Thursday to prepare for the reintegration of the Filipinos who will be repatriated from Israel for them to have source of livelihood when they arrive in the country, a foreign affairs official said. “The President also directed relevant agencies to prepare for, of course,…

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DFA BARES 3RD FILIPINO CASUALTY IN ISRAEL-HAMAS TENSION; THREE OTHERS STILL MISSING

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega bared on Friday the third Filipino casualty in the ongoing tension between the Israeli forces and the Palestinian militant group Hamas while three others remain missing. “There is a third Filipino casualty. A 49-year-old woman from Negros Occidental,” De Vega told reporters during a press briefing in Malacañang. De…

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ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT HAS NOT AFFECTED PH ECONOMY, SAYS NEDA CHIEF

The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict will not have any immediate impact on the Philippine economy and the country is not bracing for any effect at this time, the government’s socioeconomic planning secretary said on Friday. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan made the remark during a press briefing in Malacañang about the possible…

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REPATRIATION OF FILIPINOS IN ISRAEL IS PBBM’S IMMEDIATE CONCERN – DFA

The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is now exhausting all remedies available to start the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and the Filipino community amid the ongoing conflict between the Israeli forces and the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. In a Malacañang briefing on Friday, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo De…

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NEDA BOARD APPROVES PHP269.7-BILLION HIGH-IMPACT INFRA PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH, TRANSPORT, GREEN ECONOMY

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., approved during its 10th meeting high-impact programs and projects amounting to approximately Pph269.7 billion, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan announced on Friday. “With these approved projects, the Marcos administration reaffirms its commitment to aggressively advance infrastructure development to attain…

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MORE INDUSTRIALIZED AGRI FACILITIES TO ENSURE POULTRY SUPPLY DURING HOLIDAYS, PEAK SEASON – PBBM

While the holidays and peak season mean increased prices of commodities due to surge of demand, consumers will no longer have to worry about the supply for poultry products and disparity in prices should more industrialized agricultural facilities be constructed nationwide. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said this in response to the perennial concern on skyrocketing…

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