Three Pinoy Engineers Were Released After Being Held Hostages Without Ransom CAPTIVE – These Filipinos and one South Korean engineer were released after being held hostages by armed men in Libya for ten months. The hostages were seized in the Southern part of Libya back in July 2018. They project site was for the Great … Read more
DFA Raises Alert Level 4 to Libya Prompting OFWs to Evacuate DFA – The Department of Foreign Affairs is asking the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Libya to evacuate after Alert Level 4 has been raised. A lot of heartbreaking incidents are happening in several parts of the world now including Libya. Currently, a lot … Read more
Another Filipino Hurt As Libya Civil War Escalates LIBYA – Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said another Filipino got hurt as the ongoing civil war in Libya rages. Several Filipinos are currently working in Libya. However, there is an ongoing civil war in the country caused by government forces. The war is between the House … Read more
20 Filipino Crewmen Arrested In Libya Due To Suspected Smuggled Fuel About 20 Filipino crewmen were detained in Libya after Libyan navy seized their oil tanker due to alleged fuel smuggling. On Monday (August 28, 2017), the Libyan navy seized the oil tanker of the 20 Filipino crew members near Philippine’s border maritime border with … Read more
After the rebels had announced that they had the almost full control on Tripoli, Libya’s capital which had been under the leadership and protection of Gaddafi, UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon raised an important call to the international community and that was to work together in bringing back and restoring Libya. Early this year, crisis in … Read more
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader had announced to vow for revenge to Europe if they are not to stop in attacking Libya’s government territory as a form of support to the Libyan rebels who are against his leadership. In a telephone based speech delivered, he stressed that Libya could attack Europe in the same manner … Read more
As of March 9, 2011 Wednesday – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) no-fly zone was supported by some Filpinos based in the Eastern Region of Libya. This is to prevent air raids from either rebels or the camp of Col. Moammar Gaddafi. Based on news, fighting was still going on in Raslanof, Bin-Jawat, Atsawiya, … Read more
Libyan Leader Muamar Gaddafi’s last stronghold Tripoli, the largest city and capital of Libya was now under pressure after pro-democracy protesters were heading towards its borders. Anti-government protesters together with government defectors and rebels have managed to control the neighboring cities of Libya. Benghazi, the second largest city was now under control of pro-democracy protesters. … Read more
Several establishments including the government buildings were on fire when the Libyan protesters set violence in the capital city of Tripoli. Witnesses were more likely to be near the said city and they reported that there were snipers which opened fire on protesters. Some of them moved into the Green Square in Tripoli, Sunday, where … Read more
