An estimated 2.27 million Filipinos found themselves without employment in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. In a briefing on Friday, Sept. 8, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said the preliminary results of the PSA’s Labor Force Survey showed that the number of jobless...
Vice President Sara Duterte was the recipient of praises for Filipinos by three foreign envoys who paid courtesy calls to her on Tuesday, July 11. (From left) Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Bruce Hartman pays a courtesy call on Vice President Sara Duterte in her Mandaluyong City...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured Filipinos that his administration will continue to work hard to ensure there will be no more hungry Filipinos. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)* Marcos said this during the 56th-founding anniversary celebration of...
Two Filipino nationals who were sentenced to death after drug conviction and another one serving a 15-year imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been pardoned by the emir government, Malacañang announced on Friday, June 23. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recognized the contributions of the Filipino people, whose community he said "continues to be one of the fastest growing" in the Commonwealth nation. At the celebration of the Filipino Heritage Month and the Philippine Independence Day, Trudeau joined a...
The Canadian government has announced the inclusion of the Philippines in its Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) program, which allows Philippine-passport holders with Canadian visa in the past 10 years or a valid non-immigrant US visa, to enter Canada visa-free. But eligible passport holders are...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said Wednesday that the [inclusion of the Philippines in Canada's Electronic Travel Authorization](https://mb.com.ph/2023/6/7/canada-announces-visa-free-travel-to-ph-passport-holders) (ETA) program marks an "important milestone" between...
The swift and sudden repatriation of a significant number of Filipino workers from Kuwait is actually a "positive development" on the relations between the two countries. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega made the remark on Tuesday after a strained tie...
The US Embassy in Manila said Thursday, June 1, it is expecting to break this year its pre-pandemic record of the number of visas issued in the Philippines. Consul General Mark McGovern said the consular section is "already on track to exceed" the 2019 record of 290,000 visas issued. Most of the...
The Philippine government will not apologize for caring and providing shelter for runaway Filipinos in Kuwait despite the fact it is the reason why the Gulf state has suspended new visa entry from the Philippines, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said Tuesday, May 30. DFA...
The Philippine Embassy in Oslo has pushed for the abolition of au pair, or shared responsibility, system in Norway as the government aims to advance the Filipino migrant workers’ welfare there. Philippine Ambassador to Oslo Enrico Fos recently met with International Organization for Migrants (IOM)...
Several Filipinos in Kuwait were hurt after an allegedly intentional hit-and-run incident in the Gulf nation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Saturday, May 27. According to DFA, the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait already checked on the condition of those injured to provide them...
