The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is still confirming reports saying that three Filipinos contracted the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia detains suspected terrorists, two Filipinos included
In Saudi Arabia, two Filipinos were included among 3,000 detainees due to security reasons.
Saudi Arabia says won’t cut oil output
Saudi Arabia beheads Filipino convicted of murder
A Filipino convicted of killing a national of Saudi Arabia was beheaded Friday, according to a report from the Saudi interior ministry. Carlito Lana (spelled as Karlito Nunez Lana in the Saudi Press Agency report) was beheaded on Friday, December 12. The execution was carried out in Riyadh, according to an Agence France Press report. Lana reportedly shot dead Saudi national Nasser al-Gahtani before running him over with a car, said the SPA news agency. […]
Facing new oil glut, Saudi tries to avoid 1980s mistakes to halt price slide
(Reuters) – Still haunted by its failed attempt to prevent a steep drop in oil prices by slashing production by almost three quarters in the 1980s, the world’s top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is determined not to make the same mistake again. The oil glut of the 1980s, the early days of the modern crude market and a distant memory for most traders, has resurfaced recently in conversations with Saudi officials and veteran analysts who see it […]
More deaths from MERS than previously thought
Saudi Arabia reported significantly more deaths from the MERS virus, the day after the kingdom’s Deputy Health Minister Ziad Memish was sacked without explanation. Clem Orjaliza reports
Saudi Arabia, Philippines investigating alleged scalding of Pinay maid
(Reuters) — Saudi and Philippine authorities are investigating an incident in which a maid from the Philippines was allegedly scalded with water deliberately poured down her back, a Saudi newspaper reported on Thursday. The case was likely to renew debate on the treatment of some among the hundreds of thousands of mostly Asian domestic workers employed in the Gulf. Arab News said the investigation was launched jointly by Riyadh police and the Philippine embassy in […]
2 more Pinoys die of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia – DFA
MANILA, Philippines (PNA)– Two more Filipino workers based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia died of the Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday. DFA Spokesman Charles Jose said the first death was reported on May 12, the other on May 18, bringing to five the total number of Filipinos who have died from the disease. Jose did not disclose the nature of the fatalities’ work or their gender. […]
Saudi Arabia warns of MERS risk from camels as cases rise
(Reuters) – Health experts say camels are the most likely animal source of infection for the disease, which the Saudi Health Ministry said on Sunday three more people had caught and four had died from. First reported two years ago in Saudi Arabia, MERS is a coronavirus like SARS, which originated in animals and killed around 800 people worldwide after first appearing in China in 2002. There is no vaccine or anti-viral treatment against it. […]
DFA will take action regarding abducted OFW in Saudi Arabia
The Department of Foreign Affairs will take action regarding the incident wherein a Filipino waiter was abducted by three armed Saudi nationals in the restaurant were he was working.
Filipina nurse died because of MERSCov
A Filipina nurse from Negros Occidental passed away in King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia due to renal failure and low-blood pressure, symptoms of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
Saudi Arabia announces jump in new cases of deadly MERS virus
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has confirmed seven new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), adding up to 36 infections in five days, a sudden increase of a disease that kills about a third of the people infected and has no cure. MERS, a SARS-like novel coronavirus that emerged in Saudi Arabia two years ago, has infected 231 people in the kingdom, of whom 76 have died, the Health Ministry said on its website. Meanwhile, another cluster of cases […]
