Overseas Filipino workers based in Dubai had differing opinions as President Arroyo delivered her eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday afternoon in Quezon City.
ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau chief Dindo Amparo reported that it was lunchtime when OFWs in Dubai watched Mrs. Arroyo’s SONA.
A group of high school students from Bauan, Batangas province recently showcased the Philippines’ rich culture in Illinois, US.
Five overseas Filipino workers died following a road accident in Al-Batha town in Saudi Arabia, near the border with the United Arab Emirates.
The fatalities were identified as Marcelito Obon, Roberto Hornilla, Antonio Reyno, Johnny Gregorio and Ronald Valdez.
MANILA, Philippines - Unidentified men shot dead a rice trader and his wife just as they arrived at their home in Davao City from the public market Monday night.
Radio dzBB’s Davao affiliate reported that two children and a worker of the victims were wounded in the incident, with one of the children reportedly in serious [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Four people, including two minors, escaped a kidnapping attempt in Sulu province after local authorities responded, a radio report said Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — Three people were killed and six were injured after a tricycle carrying them collided with a delivery truck at the national road in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province on Tuesday.
Visayas-based Bombo Radyo reported that the fatalities included tricycle driver Simeon Velez, five-year-old boy Adrian Sivelleno, and Edmond Ramones.
The three were declared dead [...]
MANILA, Philippines — A mother and her three children were killed in a predawn fire in New Washington town of Aklan province Monday, an online news site reported on Tuesday.
The Visayan Daily Star (www.visayandailystar.com) reported that the fire started at 4:15 a.m. and destroyed two houses and offices, including a Coast Guard detachment.
Police initially identified [...]
Three more people have died in a deadly collision between two passenger buses in Pamplona, Camarines Sur early Tuesday, bringing the death toll up to 11.
Radio dzMM reported that three of the 30 injured passengers brought to Bicol Medical Center were declared dead hours after the freak accident.
Earlier reports said eight people died after two [...]
A member of the Presidential Security Group was killed after he, while onboard a motorcycle, crashed into a mixer truck in Pasig City early Tuesday.
Police investigators said Captain Armin Sara was driving home after his duty hours during President Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address at Batasan Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, when he smashed [...]