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Ambassador to Israel Antonio Modena died of lung cancer yesterday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. He was 58.


DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal confirmed that Modena, a former journalist, died at around 1 p.m. at the Medical City hospital.


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Modena confirmed that he had already issued an apology over his "insensitive" remarks against his host country but stressed this would not be the end of it.


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Filipinos boarding flights to Israel’s main Ben Gurion International Airport are reportedly made to undergo "overly strict scrutiny and assigned seats at the rear of the aircraft," the DFA said in a statement, citing a report by Ambassador to Israel Antonio Modena to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo. 


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INTERIOR MINISTER OPHIR PAZ-PINES

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DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal confirmed that Modena, a former journalist, died at around 1 p.m. at the Medical City hospital.


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Filipinos boarding flights to Israel’s main Ben Gurion International Airport are reportedly made to undergo "overly strict scrutiny and assigned seats at the rear of the aircraft," the DFA said in a statement, citing a report by Ambassador to Israel Antonio Modena to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo. 


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Modena, RP envoy to Israel, dies of cancer

By Pia Lee-Brago | February 18, 2007 - 12:00am

Ambassador to Israel Antonio Modena died of lung cancer yesterday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. He was 58. DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal confirmed that Modena, a former journalist, died...

Headlines

Envoy to Israel comes home for break following Nazi flap

By Rainier Allan Ronda | June 9, 2005 - 12:00am

Ambassador to Israel Antonio Modena, who stirred a controversy by criticizing the Israeli immigration police for its treatment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), flew back to Manila yesterday to report to Foreign...

Headlines

RP protests Israeli discrimination against Pinoy workers

By Pia Lee-Brago | May 12, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippines has lodged a formal protest with Israel for allegedly segregating Filipina travelers at the back of aircraft on flights to Tel Aviv, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Filipinos...

Headlines