Berlin, December 12, 2024 – The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) – Germany was launched in Berlin to mark the 76th International Human Rights Day. The event brought together Filipinos, Germans, and other international solidarity supporters. ICHRP-Germany aims to amplify the campaigns for human rights in the Philippines, expand the solidarity…
By Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House February 17, 2022: Information Clearing House — “ UNZ”— The Ukrainian crisis has nothing to do with Ukraine. It’s about Germany and, in particular, a pipeline that connects Germany to Russia called Nord Stream 2. Washington sees the pipeline as a threat to its primacy in Europe and has…
Reuters – GENEVA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday a further 700,000 people could die from COVID-19 in Europe by March, taking the total to above 2.2 million, as it urged people to get vaccinated and to have booster shots. Total cumulative deaths from the respiratory disease in the…
BERCHTESGADEN/BISCHOFSWIESEN, Germany — German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the flooding that has devastated parts of Europe as “terrifying” on Sunday after the death toll across the region rose to 188 and a district of Bavaria was battered by the extreme weather. Merkel promised swift financial aid after visiting one of the areas worst affected by…
Feb 23, 2021, Reuters MANILA, Philippines The Philippines has relaxed a ban on deploying its healthcare workers overseas, but still limits the number of medical professionals leaving the country to 5,000 a year The Philippines will let thousands of its healthcare workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree…
By: Daphne Galvez – Reporter/INQUIRER.net/February 15, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The United Kingdom and Germany are seeking an exemption from the 5,000 per year limit on deployment of Filipino nurses and other health care workers, with the latter hoping to hire some 15,000 Filipino medical workers. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III revealed on Monday that…
Dec 13, 2020 Agence France-Presse Berlin, Germany (UPDATED) Germany records another 20,200 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, reaching a total of 1.3 million cases Germany will go into a partial lockdown from Wednesday, December 16, with non-essential shops and schools to close in a bid to halt an “exponential growth” in coronavirus…
Oct 20, 2020, Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany Mossack Fonseca founders Juergen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca, suspected of tax evasion and associating with criminals, will be arrested if they enter the European Union, German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports Germany has issued international arrest warrants for the two founders of the firm at the center of the…