Dewi and daughters being relocated, will reunite with family soon
KUCHING: There is finally a glimmer of hope for Dewi Farisha Fazliman and her two daughters to come back to her hometown. Following the case of Dewi being stranded in the Philippines for over four years, it had caught the attention of several authorities to aid her return. When New Sarawak Tribune contacted the Malaysian […]
Meeting discusses exploration of business ventures
KUCHING: President of the Senate, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar held a bilateral meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Parliament of the Philippines, Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, in Manila, the Philippines last Friday. The meeting, held during the 31st Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) from Nov […]
Manila to foster more business ties with Malaysia
KUCHING: Manila has given its commitment to make it easier for Malaysian companies wanting to engage in business with the Philippines. In a statement the republic’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez expressed interest in fostering more Malaysian trading ventures and partnerships in the Philippines. In thanking Malaysia for the positive […]
6.6-magnitude quake hits southern Philippines
MANILA: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 rocked southern Philippines on Tuesday, reported Xinhua, quoting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 9:39 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 122 km, about 434 km southeast of Balut Island in Sarangani town. The […]
Pentagon backs Philippines over escalation near disputed islands with China
MOSCOW: The Defence Department of the United States has joined the Philippines in condemning the use of water cannons against Philippine vessels by China’s coast guard near disputed islands in the South China Sea, Defence Department spokesperson Patrick Ryder said on Sunday. “We stand with our Philippine allies in condemning the PRC’s (the People’s Republic […]
Typhoon Doksuri batters Philippines, 1 dead, 11,000 displaced
MANILA: Typhoon Doksuri battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday with torrential rains and “violent, life-threatening” winds, leaving at least one person dead and over 11,000 displaced, the national disaster agency said, reported German news agency (dpa). Doksuri made landfall over Fuga Island off the northern province of Cagayan before dawn, packing maximum sustained winds of […]
Thousands evacuated amid volcano eruption fears in the Philippines
MANILA: Philippine officials on Friday began evacuating some 10,000 residents living around the country’s most active volcano amid threats of an eruption, reported German news agency (dpa). The Mayon Volcano in the eastern province of Albay, which is known for its perfect cone shape, generated pyroclastic density currents or hot flows of ash and debris […]
Philippines tightens protocols for citizens departing for Southeast Asian countries
MANILA: The Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration on Saturday ordered its officers at airports to strictly monitor Filipinos departing for Southeast Asian countries to prevent them from falling victim to human traffickers, reported Xinhua. In the wake of the new human trafficking schemes continuing to emerge within the Southeast Asian region and threatening to exploit Filipinos, all […]
Philippines to evacuate Filipinos in Sudan ‘within 24 hours’
MANILA: The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said that it is preparing to evacuate up to 50 Filipinos caught in the fatal clashes in Sudan. Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said the first batch will likely leave Sudan’s capital Khartoum “within 24 hours”, Xinhua reported. A bus will take the Filipinos from […]
Philippine’s billionaire takes 35 pct stake in M’sia’s homegrown ZUS Coffee
KUCHING: Philippine’s billionaire Frank Lao, the man behind two of Philippines’ most well-known restaurants, Gloria Maris and Choi Garden, is expanding his portfolio by investing into Malaysia’s tech-driven coffee chain ZUS Coffee. Janica Lao, chief operating officer of Choi Garden, inked a deal in Kuala Lumpur recently with ZUS Coffee co-founder Ian Chua for a […]
