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Pinoys warned vs illegal recruitment to Libya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 03:28 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday warned Filipinos against individuals and agencies recruiting workers to conflict-stricken Libya. Read more »

PH diplomat says group of Pinoy engineers in Libya ‘safe, accounted for’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 10:54 PM

Elmer Cato, the country's diplomatic representative to Libya, made the announcement on social media. Read more »

15 Pinoys to return home from Libya: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 29 09:01 PM

Some 70 Filipinos have been repatriated from conflict-stricken Tripoli since fighting broke out between the eastern Libyan National Army and government forces last month. Read more »

As ‘intense fighting’ rages in Libya, DFA pleads for Pinoys to relocate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 07:39 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Saturday urged Filipinos in Libya to relocate amid "intense fighting" in its capital city, Tripoli. Read more »

Libyan gunmen halt water pipeline to besieged Tripoli

Reuters
Posted at May 21 01:44 AM

TRIPOLI - Gunmen have cut off the main water pipeline to Libya's besieged capital Tripoli, spelling more misery for residents already reeling from weeks of fighting. Read more »

3 Pinoy na dinukot sa Libya nakauwi na sa bansa

Henry Atuelan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 05:03 PM

Nakabalik na ng Pilipinas nitong Sabado ang 3 Pinoy engineer na nailigtas matapos dukutin sa Libya. Read more »

3 Pinoys, South Korean freed from Libyan captors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 10:48 PM

Three Filipinos and a South Korean have been freed from their Libyan captors, authorities in Seoul and Abu Dhabi said Friday. Read more »

11 Pinoys evacuated from Tripoli: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 10:15 PM

Eleven Filipinos were rescued and are scheduled for repatriation from conflict-stricken Tripoli, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. Read more »

What makes a coup succeed? Venezuela's opposition can look to Libya

Max Fisher, The New York Times
Updated as of May 03 08:21 AM

To understand what makes a coup succeed, as recently happened in Sudan and Algeria, or fail, as it did this week in Venezuela, it helps to consider the strange events in Libya a half-century ago. Read more »

OFWs hesitate to leave strife-torn Libya due to salary mess: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 12:06 PM

MANILA -- Salary delays and restrictions on remittances are holding back some Filipinos from leaving Libya, an envoy said Thursday, as troops loyal to the UN-recognized government fend off an assault on the capital.  Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa Tripoli, Libya pinalilikas na ng DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 03:06 PM

Iniutos ang mandatory evacuation matapos itaas ng Department of Foreign Affairs ang Alert Level 4 sa Tripoli, Libya. Read more »

DFA raises Alert level 4 in Libya; some Filipinos refuse to go home

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 01 04:33 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised the alert level to 4 in Tripoli and nearby areas following intensive fighting around the capital. Read more »

Mahigit 30 OFW, nakauwi na mula Libya

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 01:08 AM

Umabot na sa 32 ang mga overseas Filipino workers na nakauwi na mula sa Tripoli, Libya. Read more »

DFA urges Pinoys in Tripoli to come home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 12:11 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday reiterated its call for Filipinos in Tripoli to come home after another Filipino migrant worker was wounded in clashes. Read more »

Forced evacuation ng mga Pinoy sa Libya posibleng ipatupad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 12:17 AM

Magpapadala ng augmentation team ang Labor department sa Libya para tumulong sa pagpapauwi sa mga Pinoy.  Read more »

Libya strife to 'escalate in next few days,' officials warn OFWs

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 10:26 AM

A battle for the Libyan capital is expected to "escalate in the next few days," a Philippine official warned Monday, urging overseas Filipino workers there to take the government's offer to bring them home.  Read more »

Gov't can 'easily provide' jobs to OFWs from strife-torn Libya - Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 04:56 PM

The government can "easily provide" alternative employment opportunities to overseas Filipino workers displaced by a battle for the Libyan capital, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Sunday. Read more »

Heavy clashes in southern suburbs of Libyan capital, say residents

Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Elumami, Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 11:26 PM

Western powers and the Gulf have been divided over a push by Haftar's forces to seize Tripoli, undermining calls by the United Nations for a ceasefire. Read more »

Diplomat urges Pinoys in restive Tripoli to come home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 07:47 PM

Elmer Cato, the country's diplomatic representative in Libya, said some Filipinos have opted to stay in Tripoli amid the battle for control of Tripoli. Read more »

Death toll tops 200 in battle for Libya's Tripoli: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 18 08:33 PM

At least 205 people have been killed and more than 900 wounded in the battle for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Read more »