No evacuation for OFWs in Bahrain, Libya, Yemen
By Rainier Allan Ronda | February 21, 2011 - 12:00am
So far, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sees no need to draw up evacuation plans to repatriate overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Bahrain, Libya and Yemen, where civil unrest is brewing.
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Package bomb found at Greek embassy in Italy
December 27, 2010 - 7:14pm
Police and bomb squad experts rushed to the Greek Embassy in Rome on Monday after a package bomb was found, authorities said. No one was injured.
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Immigration waives fines for stranded passengers bound for Europe
By Rudy Santos and Evelyn Macarian | April 24, 2010 - 12:00am
The Bureau of Immigration has agreed to waive the immigration penalties and fines for the hundreds of overstaying Europe-bound foreigners who were stranded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for several...
Metro
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US Embassy says it is reopening in Yemen
January 5, 2010 - 4:42pm
The US Embassy in Yemen says it has reopened after a two-day closure prompted by a terrorist threat.
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RP to open 4 embassies
By Pia Lee-Brago | July 4, 2009 - 12:00am
A senior official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed yesterday that the Philippines would open four embassies this year to strengthen diplomatic relations, provide consular services to the growing...
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A day of wellness
March 29, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - It was a day of fitness and relaxation as the Spouses of Heads of Missions (SHOM), headed by energetic president Yasko Katsura, held their fundraising event.
Sunday Lifestyle
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‘Group feeding false terror info to embassies’
By Jaime Laude | December 17, 2002 - 12:00am
A well-organized group is reportedly feeding false security information to foreign embassies in the country to discredit the Arroyo administration before the international community. Police and military sources...
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Bum steer

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | December 13, 2002 - 12:00am
So the "credible and specific" threat that led to the shutdown of two embassies in Manila was culled from information supplied by the intelligence chief of the Western Police District. At least that’s...
Opinion
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Intelligence chief sacked for embassy ‘leak’
By Aurea Calica | December 13, 2002 - 12:00am
Call it a lapse in protocol. Philippine authorities yesterday sacked a police intelligence official who leaked "unvalidated" information on a possible terrorist attack that prompted the closure of the...
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Counter-terrorism may be a new form of terrorism

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | December 7, 2002 - 12:00am
Twice is he armed whose fight is just. And thrice is he armed who hits the first blow. Those two sayings combined sum up the stand of the nations who believe that the best defense against terrorists is to initiate...
Opinion
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