A Filipino teacher and caregiver received last month the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Courageous Citizens Award for foiling a kidnap attempt on her 95-year-old ward who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.
Two Filipino law students, Janeca Naboya and Gian Miranda, attended last month the largest development conference in Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. The conference theme was “The End of Development? Why International Development Must Adapt or Fail.”
The current immigration system in the United States is broken. Family reunification is not realized for certain visa applicants. Many families remain separated for many years.
Arnulfo Babiera applied for a US green card a decade ago, in the hopes of reuniting with his sister, a naturalized citizen. But at the current rate, his wait could extend until 2027.
Sharon Stone has counter-sued her Filipina former nanny, who is pursuing the US actress for wrongful dismissal and harassment including racist abuse, new court documents show.
Beginning April 15, Filipino barter traders will be required to present a valid Philippine passport and a seaman’s identification record book (SIRB) to enter Sabah and Labuan, Malaysian authorities announced on Tuesday.
FELDA SAHABAT – Malaysian police said Sunday two officers were injured in shootouts with Filipino gunmen as they try to end a month-long incursion in remote Sabah state that has already left 61 people dead. Fifty-three militants and eight police officers have been shot dead since a group of armed Filipino Islamists landed in [...]
Syrian President Bashar Assad “is not bluffing” about his determination to stay in power, Russia’s foreign minister said in comments broadcast Friday, as efforts to free 21 UN peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels dragged into a third day.
A family member of one of the Filipino United Nations peacekeepers taken hostage by Syrian rebels in Golan Heights appealed on Friday for their immediate release.
The expected release of the 21 Filipino United Nations (UN) peacekeepers being held hostage by rebels in Syria did not happen, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday.
Swiss prosecutors said Friday they had opened a criminal investigation after an alleged care-home nurse from the Philippines posted pictures of herself on Facebook sitting next to the corpse of an old woman.
Organizers of the 2nd Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora—set to convene February 25-27, 2013 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City—hope that the conference will “track the progress and highlight the best practices of Diaspora engagement.” This is the broad mission laid out by the Summit’s principal sponsor, the Commission of Filipinos [...]
