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Arkia CEO Oz Berlowitz with Philippine Ambassador to Israel Aileen Mendiola (left) as Israeli airline announces launch of direct route to Manila. (Courtesy of Arkia, Yossi Aloni FLASH90)
September 8, 2026, 8:32 pm
New direct Tel Aviv-Manila route set to spur tourism and trade ties with Philippines
Arkia to launch first nonstop flights ​between Tel Aviv and Manila on Jan. 3, 2027; Philippine ambassador says new route is springboard to free trade agreement with Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
Geneva Lopez, 27, (R) and Yitzhak Cohen, 37, whose bodies were found in the Philippines on July 6, 2024. (Social media)
July 6, 2024, 10:21 am
Israeli man and his partner found dead in Philippines quarry after 2 weeks of searches
Israeli embassy arranging return of Yitzhak Cohen’s body; brother says he and girlfriend Geneva Lopez had gone to meet man they loaned money
By ToI Staff
The skyline of the City of Manila, capital of the Philippines, on November 20, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 25, 2024, 4:11 pm
Israeli man and his partner missing in Philippines
Yitzhak Cohen and Geneva Lopez haven’t been seen since Friday; couple’s burned-out car discovered
By ToI Staff
Taal Volcano spews ash on Monday Jan. 13, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
January 13, 2020, 5:50 am
Philippine volcano spews lava, ash, shutting Manila airport
Tens of thousands being evacuated after Taal volcano sends ash and steam skyward, with authorities warning of ‘an imminent hazardous eruption’
By JOEAL CALUPITAN and Jim Gomez
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte meets with President Reuven Rivlin (unseen) at the president residence in Jerusalem on September 4, 2018. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/Yedioth Ahronoth/Flash90)
September 5, 2018, 9:30 pm
Israel said to nix police agreement with Philippines over bloody drug war
Foreign Ministry says deal to expand cooperation between police forces, which was to have been signed during Duterte’s visit, not ready, may still be pursued
By ToI Staff and Agencies
President Rodrigo Duterte gestures to his security not to provide him an umbrella as he reviews the police under a sudden downpour to mark the 117th Philippine National Police Service anniversary at Camp Crame in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines, Aug. 8, 2018. With him is Philippine Natinal Police Chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
September 2, 2018, 5:27 am
Duterte due in Israel to gun for new arms, honor Philippines’ past saving Jews
Hardliner president, who once favorably compared himself to Hitler, will lay wreath at monument honoring his country’s work to help 1,300 Jews escape the Nazis
By Raphael Ahren
In this photo provided by the Philippine National Police, SAF (Special Action Force) members escort Israeli nationals following a raid at Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga province, June 7, 2018, in Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. (Philippine National Police via AP)
June 14, 2018, 11:37 pm
Philippines reportedly lets Israelis go after massive cybercrime sting
After publicly arresting hundreds in huge bust, prosecutor general said to find 8 Israeli suspects hadn’t worked for the company in question when crimes were committed
By Michael Bachner
Financial payments fraud. (Illustrative: iStock)
June 7, 2018, 1:41 pm
8 Israelis among nearly 500 arrested over alleged online fraud in Philippines
Suspects allegedly lured victims to invest in foreign stocks, stole money through online app after obtaining bank account and credit card details
By AP
Police officers are seen outiside the Resorts World Hotel in Manila on June 2, 2017. (AFP/Ezra Acayan)
June 2, 2017, 6:01 pm
IS claims Philippines attack, but authorities insist terror unlikely
Officials still trying to identify attacker who set a Manila casino complex on fire, killing 37 before committing suicide
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Philippines police officers come out from the Resorts World Hotel in Manila on June 2, 2017 following an assault. (Noel Celis/AFP)
June 2, 2017, 8:23 am
Dozens dead after gunman torches Philippine casino
Police say grisly incident in which at least 36 were asphyxiated by toxic flames was likely a robbery gone wrong; perpetrator later set himself on fire
By Ayee Macaraig
Palestinian Christian scouts perform at the Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity as people gather for Christmas celebrations in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, on December 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER)
December 24, 2016, 4:35 pm
Pilgrims in Bethlehem, fears in Europe for Christmas Eve
As Christians settle in for holiday, Aleppo’s minority Catholics prepare for first mass in five years; Berlin investigators search for market attacker’s accomplices
By Shatha YAISH
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech to military personnel in Manila, on October 4, 2016. (AFP/Ted Aljibe)
December 3, 2016, 1:17 am
Philippines president phones Trump
Rodrigo Duterte has been antagonistic to the US, his country’s treaty ally, while reaching out to China and Russia
By Jim Gomez
A member of police bomb disposal unit (R) holding a water bomb disruptor, walks towards the site where a suspicious package was found, for detonation along Roxas boulevard near the US embassy in Manila on November 28, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE)
November 28, 2016, 9:43 am
Bomb defused near US embassy in Philippines
Islamic militants blamed in suspected attempted terrorist act
By Ayee Macaraig
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on September 30, 2016, shortly after arriving from an official visit to Vietnam. (AFP/ Manman Dejeto)
October 4, 2016, 3:43 am
After Duterte’s Hitler remark, Philippines and US hold war games
President has kept up a verbal assault on US, boasted about a drug crackdown he compared to the Holocaust
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a Saudia airliner. (CC-BY-2.0/Wikipedia/Russell Lee)
September 20, 2016, 1:26 pm
Saudia pilot triggers false alarm in Philippines
Police and security personnel surround Flight 872 on tarmac at Manila airport, keep passengers on plane for two hours
By AFP
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