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TRIPOLI Sun Jul 6, 2014 3:13pm EDT (Reuters) – Libya will announce results of last month’s parliamentary elections on July 20, the head of the elections commission said on Sunday, pushing back the results another week. Fewer than half of registered Libyans voted, reflecting disillusionment with the chaos prevailing since Gaddafi’s overthrow. The government and outgoing parliament have failed to produce security and curb militias who helped oust Gaddafi but now defy state authority. The […]
The oil crisis in Libya is finally over when the government regained control over two oil reports seized by rebels last year.
Almost 300 out of 13,000 OFW’s in Libya returned to the country due to the voluntary repatriation instituted by the Department of Labor and Employment.
The United States says it has captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a raid that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador. The 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador, and ignited a political firestorm in Washington. Now, the Pentagon press secretary says they’ve captured a suspected ringleader. Ahmed Abu Khatallah was captured in Libya Sunday, with […]
The Department of Foreign Affairs continue to advise OFWs in Libya to leave the country immediately, due to the increasingly volatile situation there.
Because of the worsening civil war in Libya, the Department of Foreign Affairs indicated four exit routes that Filipinos can use to leave the country.
Over 40 casualties were recorded after a boat sunk off a coastal town in Libya.
By Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:05pm EST (Reuters) – Investing in Libyan stocks may sound like an absurd idea at a time when the North African country is descending into chaos and armed militias seize oil ports or ministries at will. Ever since the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya’s government has been struggling to establish law and order and assert control over a vast desert nation awash with arms. But […]
By Ghaith Shennib TRIPOLI Mon Feb 3, 2014 5:45pm EST (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan stepped up the pressure on protesters blocking eastern ports on Monday, telling them he had weeks ago ordered troops to prepare to move there to end their blockade. Zeidan has repeatedly warned he may use force to free up three key ports where protesters demanding more autonomy from Tripoli have cut off around 600,000 barrels per day of […]
