The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said migrant domestic workers, including Filipino women brought to the United Kingdom by their employers, are being subjected to serious abuses like forced labor.
The signing of the historic Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) is the solution to end the decade-long secession in Mindanao, which all Filipinos can be proud of, the British Embassy in Manila said Thursday.
Voting 17 with no objection, the Senate on Tuesday concurred the ratification of separate extradition treaties between the Philippines and the governments of the United Kingdom, India and Spain.
Military relief workers from the United Kingdom have expressed their desire to return to the areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan), saying the country is a “very rewarding” place to work.
United Kingdom’s foreign secretary thinks the Philippines can be “one of Asia Pacific’s great success stories” citing the strong economy and the hard work of Filipinos both in the country and all over the world.
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Thursday conveyed to British Foreign Secretary William Hague the Philippines’ appreciation for the $232 million in aid that the United Kingdom extended in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda, saying the UK was “the biggest contributor of humanitarian assistance.”
Vowing to support the Philippines for the long-haul, the United Kingdom has allocated at least P1 billion in fresh funding for government’s “build back better” program to rebuild typhoon-ravaged Eastern Visayas, the British Embassy in Manila has said.
British health care workers and their Filipino colleagues are still responding to the disaster brought by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan).
Citing the country’s strength and resilience during difficult times, the international community on Saturday conveyed its sympathies to the Philippines and its readiness to extend assistance in the wake of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: “Haiyan”), one of the planet’s strongest typhoons that hit the country early Friday.
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