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(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos said the government was exhausting all remedies to free the 17 Filipino seafarers held hostage by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The chief executive made the comment as he extended his apologies to the Filipino community in the United Arab Emirates after he opted to cancel his trip to Dubai to address what the Palace said were important developments in the seafarers’ case. Earlier, the President said he would also no […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was hurt in the foiled missile attack in the Saudi city of Najran, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to Consul General Edgar Badajos of the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah, based on a report from Filipino community leader Fayes Mailao, all the 7,850 Filipinos in Najran are safe. These include the Filipino nurses who work in the two hospitals which are near the area where debris from the blasted missile […]
(Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels welcomed on Thursday proposed concessions by the government on power-sharing but their gunmen still held positions outside the residence of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who remains a virtual prisoner there. Hadi said on Wednesday he was ready to accept Houthi demands which also include constitutional change, yielding to pressure from the Shi’ite group whose fighters battled their way into the presidential palace this week, after seizing an aide to the […]
Yemen’s Shi’ite Muslim rebels have signed an agreement with other political parties to form a more inclusive government.
