After hundreds of amendments, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill and finally submitted it to the Senate floor. On its last day of committee deliberation on May 22, 2013, a provision allowing children of Filipino World War II veterans to immigrate immediately, irrespective of priority dates, was adopted as one of the many amendments.
The Durano Kaliwat group in the United States and the Durano clan of the Philippines is holding a “global reunion” on May 25-26 in Danao City.
The importance of mothers in the world became clear to me one afternoon a few years ago when my son made a choice during a brief visit to the hospital. I expected he would pick me. Instead, he picked his mother. He just had a minor procedure and the doctor said the surgery [...]
Teary eyed Linda, wife of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia went to Radyo Inquirer recently to seek the assistance of Bantay OCW. She said she could hardly eat or sleep. She had made a shocking discovery when she checked her husband’s Facebook page.
The wife of former police Senior Superintendent Cezar Mancao has appealed to the Aquino administration to help protect her husband from Senator Panfilo Lacson.
The relatives of an Australian man held hostage for 15 months by Islamic militants in remote islands of the southern Philippines called Monday for his captors to be brought to justice.
Young and carefree. Will children they be like that forever? Bantay OCW financial counselor and Pera Eskwela segment host Joyce Baluyot Deloviers recently noted that more often than not, children are excluded from discussions on financial planning.
Aurora filed immigrant petitions for her three married children in 1998. Her children were beneficiaries of prior petitions filed by Jose, Aurora’s husband.
Mary Joy Sinoro went to Dubai, United Arab Emirates in May 2012 as a household service worker. But she was not able to finish her employment contract after being diagnosed with Hepatitis B in her first month of employment.
Malaysian police authorities arrested a close kin of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, a Sabah-based radio station said, quoting Sabah Police Commissioner Hamza Taib on Tuesday.
She fears for her life and that of her family here in Sabah. But if she goes back to Tawi-Tawi, they will have nothing, too—not a house, not a job, perhaps not a future.
A ship captain noticed that one of his officers often looked anxious and could not focus on his tasks. He would often stay alone in his cabin when off duty.
