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Filipino nurses flee Tripoli hospitals amid bombardment

May 2, 2019 admin DFA, elmer cato, fighting, filipino nurses, Headlines, hospitals, Latest News Stories, Libya, locsin, Nation, nurses, repatriation, tripoli

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:00:20 +0000

Filipino nurses have fled hospitals in Tripoli amid escalating fighting between rival militias for control of the Libyan capital. Elmer Cato, charge d’affaires at the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli, informed Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. by Twitter on Thursday that embassy officials tried to extricate several nurses but were unable to reach them due to […]

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Newborn with leukemia gets passport for US treatment

January 13, 2019 admin baby sevy, DFA, elmer cato, Latest News Stories, maverick sevrin co, Nation, news, Passport

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:00:49 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — A newborn, who has been diagnosed with leukemia, is now one step closer to acquiring much-needed treatment in the United States. In a Facebook post by Department Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato on Sunday, he said the agency was able to give Maverick Sevrin “Sevy” Co his passport just a […]

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