Overseas Filipino workers in Barcelona, Spain, have petitioned the Department of Foreign Affairs to reconsider its decision to shut down the Philippine consulate general there, saying the diplomatic post has been serving a large number of Filipinos.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is set to raise to No. 3 (voluntary repatriation) the alert level for the over 470 remaining overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iraq, citing the “escalating bombing incidents and the apparent diminution of security” in the war-torn country.
The Philippines has given Manila-flagged merchant vessels the go-ahead to employ private security on board to protect Filipino seafarers from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
This was Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz’s reaction after meeting with a 23-year-old Filipino maid who was beaten for a year by her employer and who finally escaped after her face was allegedly repeatedly cut with a razor.
Instead of lashing out at the Global Times of China for calling for economic sanctions against the Philippines, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has urged Beijing anew to fully concur with Manila’s stated position on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) issue.
The Lapu-Lapu Regional Trial Court (RTC) has found a Kenyan national guilty of delivery and transport almost three kilos of crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride or more commonly called “shabu”.
The Philippines has given Manila-flagged merchant vessels the go-ahead to deploy private security groups to minimize the risk Filipino seafarers face from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Instead of hitting back at a Global Times editorial which called for economic sanctions against the Philippines, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has urged Beijing anew to fully concur with Manila’s stated position on the West Philippine Sea (or South China issue). That is, resolving the Spratlys dispute peacefully in accordance with international law, especially the United Nations Convention the Law of the Sea, or Unclos.
A total of 116,059 former Filipinos have reacquired Philippine citizenship under the dual citizenship law, according to the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Sunday signed here an agreement with her Jordanian counterpart that would pave the way for the lifting of the deployment ban imposed in 2008 on Filipino household service workers (HSWs) coming to Jordan.
Police on Sunday arrested two Taiwanese men and a Chinese in a sting operation in San Juan City that netted illegal drugs worth more than P100 million, officials said.
China should impose “sanctions” against the Philippines after the latter offered to allow more US troops on its soil, state media said on Sunday, amid growing tensions over disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
