A team of talented Filipino youth is preparing to showcase their skills in robotics as they gear up to compete in a prestigious international tournament this May. Young Filipino robotics team receives support from former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis 'Chavit' Singson to participate in European...
Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez admitted that there are already "quite a number" of undocumented Filipinos who are being detained or processed for deportation amid United States President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants. (From left) Philippine...
Social Security System (SSS) President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Joseph Montes De Claro (4th from left) and Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Chairperson Dante “Klink” Ang II (3rd from left) ink an agreement for the implementation of the KaSSSangga Collect Program during a signing...
GCash, the Philippines’ leading e-wallet, is partnering with United Kingdom (UK)-based financial technology firm BCRemit to ease the money transfers of overseas Filipinos (OFs) in Europe and the United States (US) into the Philippines. GCash said beginning this month, Filipinos in the UK, Spain,...
Carrying out a "symbolic partial repatriation" of illegal Filipino residents in the United States, replicating the move of the Indian government, might preemptively appease the looming immigration issues Filipinos might face under the Trump administration. Manila Bulletin File Photo Asian Center of...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to support the Philippine government's efforts in enhancing labor market programs and promoting job creation. In a statement on Thursday, Jan. 30, ADB said the program aims to improve the productivity and employability...
Local companies might struggle to retain employees as six out of 10 Filipino workers are dissatisfied with their current jobs, prompting them to seek new employment despite fierce competition for talent in the country, a global study revealed. “Almost two-thirds of employees told us they were in...
Senators have called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to assert the need for a thorough and impartial probe into the death of Marvil Facturan-Kocjančič, a Filipino migrant, who was reportedly beaten and stabbed to death by her husband. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez credited the Marcos administration’s economic policies for the decline in unemployment and underemployment figures. In a statement on Friday, Jan. 10, Romualdez says this...
The number of jobless Filipinos decreased in November, but employed individuals also shrank in number by 100,000. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) the country’s employment rate increased to 96.8 percent in November last year from 96.4 percent in November 2023. It has also...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assured Filipinos fearing for their statuses in the United States that they won’t be tattle tales and surrender them to the US government amid a planned crackdown on illegal migrants there by the incoming Trump administration. Two women hold a...
Filipinos in Syria were urged to stay in contact with the Philippine Embassy in Damascus amid the current situation in the country. ASSADS FALL – Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP) "We express concern regarding the situation of...
