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APRIL 23, 2015 (WHO) — The World Health Organization (WHO) warns of an imminent collapse of health care services in Yemen. Health facilities are struggling to function as they face increasing shortages of life-saving medicines and vital health supplies, frequent disruptions in power supply and lack of fuel for generators. Lack of fuel has also disrupted functionality of ambulances and the delivery of health supplies across the country. Power cuts and fuel shortages also threaten […]
SAUDI Arabia announced on Tuesday (April 21) the end of a military air strike campaign against Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen after nearly a month of air strikes that have worsened a humanitarian crisis in the country. “Today, the leadership of the coalition has announced that it has ended the Decisive Storm Operation in accordance with a request by the Yemen government and his excellency the President (of Yemen), who felt that the […]
Good news for motorists as there would be a rollback of petroleum product prices this week. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), there would be a five centavo rollback per liter of diesel while a thirty centavo rollback for gasoline. The DOE also clarified that the said rollback could still change due to the continued political unrest in Yemen. Petroleum companies recently rolled back the prices of their products last week after the price […]
The Crisis Management Team (CMT), led by Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ezzedin Tago, along with officials and personnel from the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah, successfully evacuated ninety-nine (99) Filipino nationals from Yemen. This group is composed of 54 men, 43 women and two infants. The Department of Foreign Affairs said, the group traveled on a convoy of two buses. They left the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah […]
As the situation worsens in Yemen, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warns overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the said country to leave.
(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 […]
The Shi’ite rebels in Yemen won against the Presidential Guards and succeeded in taking over the country’s presidential palace but Yemen’s president is not in the said building.
Yemen’s powerful Houthi movement fought artillery battles with the army near the presidential palace in Sanaa on Monday (January 19), plunging the fragile Arab state deeper into turmoil and drawing accusations that the militia fighters were mounting a coup. Explosions echoed across the city and plumes of dark smoke hung over downtown buildings as the most intense clashes since the Shi’ite Muslim Houthi movement seized the capital in September brought everyday life to a halt. […]
Yemen’s Houthi militia seized the president’s chief of staff on Saturday (January 17) and threatened further steps to derail a proposed new constitution in a wrangle for power that threatens to bring down the government. The draft constitution was formally launched on Saturday and aims to resolve big regional, political and sectarian differences in Yemen by devolving authority to the regions. But it has been bitterly opposed by the Houthis who fear it will dilute […]
The Al-Qaeda in Yemen admitted that they are behind the attacks on the French satirical publication “Charlie Hebdo”, saying that it is in retaliation for the alleged insult against Prophet Muhammad.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is asking the Filipinos in Yemen to voluntarily repatriate from the said country due to the increasing disturbances in the said country. A total deployment ban to Yemen is also being implemented by the DFA.
MANILA, Jan. 9 — The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh would like to reiterate its advice to all Filipinos to leave Yemen as soon as possible due to the continued deterioration of the political, security and peace and order situation in Yemen, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Yemen remains under Alert Level 3 (Voluntary Repatriation). A total deployment ban is imposed and all travels to Yemen, including those who are on vacation […]
