Phillipines

Philippines says reported plane crash was a false alarm

A disaster agency official in the city of Digos in Davao del Sur had earlier on Tuesday said a private plane carrying six foreign nationals had crashed.

|ByREUTERS
Illustrative; A Philippine soldier (bottom L) keeps watch near wreckage of a Philippine Air Force C-130 transport aircraft, which crashed July 4 and killed 50 people after it overshot the runway, in Jolo town, Sulu province on July 5, 2021.
SWIMMING ABOVE the baby whale that came to play with us.

A modern-day encounter with Jonah’s ‘leviathan’

Every Rosh Hodesh, and every holiday, when we recite the Barchi Nafshi, I have a different kavanah, a different intention, than I once did. I now know what a “leviathan” looks like.

|ByJACOB MAOR
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte appears before the International Criminal Court, as the court hears arguments regarding Duterte's health and ability to stand trial, while he faces murder charges related to his war on drugs, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 16 2026.

Former Philippines leader Duterte appears in ICC courtroom

On Wednesday, Duterte appeared in the ICC courtroom where judges heard arguments about his health and ability to stand trial, set to begin in November.

|ByREUTERS
A Philippine Airlines plane stands parked on the tarmac at Manila's International airport on November 8, 2013; Illustrative.

'Baby killer': Fight breaks out in Manila airport over antisemitic insults - report

The incident follows an antisemitic attack against an IDF reservist at a cafe on Siargao Island in the Philippines on August 3, according to the Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Open doors and open hearts

Philippines Ambassador Petronilla Garcia talks about bearing responsibility for tens of thousands of mainly female Filipino contract workers – and about the challenge of ‘doing diplomacy’ in Israel.

JUNE 5, 2010ByCARL HOFFMAN
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