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DFA tells Pinoys in Lebanon to remain indoors amid protests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 11:32 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday instructed Filipinos in Lebanon to take precaution amid anti-government protests there. Read more »

Lebanon scraps WhatsApp fee amid violent protests

Reuters
Posted at Oct 18 12:15 PM

BEIRUT - Demonstrators and police clashed in Lebanon on Thursday as thousands of people rallied against the government's handling of an economic crisis, in one of the biggest protests the country has seen in years. Read more »

Lebanon deploys water cannon, helicopters to fight wildfires across country

Reuters
Posted at Oct 16 12:38 AM

Wildfires that have swept across Lebanon since Monday have burned swathes of the country's forest and killed at least one person, prompting Beirut to deploy water cannon and call on its neighbors for help. Read more »

Lebanese army fires at Israeli drones

Rouba El Husseini with Alice Hackman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 08:04 AM

BEIRUT - The Lebanese army opened fire on Israeli drones in south Lebanon Wednesday in a rare incident as tensions mount between the neighbors. Read more »

5 human trafficking victims bound for Malaysia, Lebanon rescued

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 04:35 PM

Five women leaving for Malasyia and Lebanon were rescued from suspected human trafficking at the Clark International Airport in Angeles City, Pampanga, the Bureau of Immigration said Wednesday. Read more »

10 nais mamasukan abroad, nasagip sa 'human trafficking'

Gracie Rutao ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 12:10 AM

Nasagip ang 10 Pilipinong babiyahe sana mula Clark International Airport matapos mabatid na peke ang kanilang recruiter at ang mga mga isinumiteng mga dokumento.  Read more »

Foreign domestic workers in Lebanon protest abuses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 06:27 AM

Hundreds of foreign domestic workers demonstrated in the Lebanese capital Sunday to demand the scrapping of a sponsorship system that they complain leaves them open to abuse from employers.   Read more »

Lebanese man dies after setting himself ablaze at school

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 04:10 AM

A Lebanese man died from severe burns Friday after setting himself on fire at his daughter's school over a fee dispute with the management, state media said.  Read more »

Israel to expose Hezbollah attack tunnels from Lebanon

Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 02:58 PM

JERUSALEM - Israel's military said on Tuesday it was beginning an operation to "expose and thwart" cross-border attack tunnels from Lebanon dug by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. Read more »

Remains of 2 OFWs in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon to undergo autopsy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 11:19 PM

MANILA - Autopsies will be conducted to rule out foul play in the death of two Filipino migrant workers in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. Read more »

OFW sa Lebanon, patay nang 'mahulog' sa gusali

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 04:33 PM

Nalaglag umano ang biktima mula sa ika-6 na palapag ng gusali kung saan ito nagtatrabaho bilang kasambahay. Read more »

Lebanese man stranded for 42 days in Ecuador airport

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 12 10:31 AM

A Lebanese man has been stuck in immigration purgatory at an airport in Ecuador for 42 days after losing his passport and being returned there from Spain. Read more »

Lebanese vote in first general election in nine years

Angus McDowall, Reuters
Posted at May 06 02:27 PM

Lebanese began voting on Sunday in their first general election for 9 years, one that is seen as unlikely to upend the country's basic contours of power but is important for economic stability. Read more »

Can matchmaking create happy homes for employers and migrants in Lebanon?

Heba Kanso, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Mar 02 02:53 PM

BEIRUT - When Jane came from the Philippines to Lebanon as a domestic worker to cook, clean and care for children, she only met her new boss on the day she moved into her house - and was unhappy from the outset. Read more »

Suspek sa Kuwait 'freezer slay,' nadakip sa Lebanon: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 03:53 PM

Naaresto si Nader Essam Assaf, ang Lebanese na employer ni Joanna Demafelis, noong Huwebes, ayon sa anunsiyo ng DFA. Read more »

Main suspect in OFW Demafelis' slay now in Lebanese custody, says DFA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 08:56 PM

MANILA - The principal suspect in the killing of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Demafelis in Kuwait last year is now in the custody of authorities in Lebanon, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Friday.    Read more »

9 freeze to death crossing mountains into Lebanon

Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 12:35 AM

BEIRUT - Nine Syrians froze to death crossing into Lebanon when an icy storm hit a smuggling route in the mountains near a border post with Syria, the Lebanese Army said on Friday. Read more »

Lebanon detains Uber driver suspected of murdering British embassy worker: official

Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 07:56 AM

A Lebanese taxi driver with a previous arrest for drug use has confessed to killing a British woman who worked at the British Embassy in Beirut, a senior Lebanese security official said on Monday.   Read more »

PM Saad Hariri announces return to Lebanon as crisis simmers

Katy Lee and Jerome Rivet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 12:28 AM

He will join Wednesday's Independence Day celebrations and explain his situation, after his shock resignation announcement in Saudi Arabia sparked political turmoil. Read more »

Lebanon accuses Saudi Arabia of holding its PM hostage

Lisa Barrington and Angus McDowall, Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 03:12 AM

The crisis has thrust Lebanon onto the frontline of a Middle East contest for power pitting a Saudi-led bloc against Iran and its allies. Read more »