The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has appealed to Filipinos to be more discerning in applying for a job abroad in order to prevent them from falling prey to illegal recruiters. OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo...
Eight Filipino who ended up in stressful situations after being victimized by human traffickers in Myanmar have been rescued and returned home on Monday, Feb. 13. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Filipinos arrived in the Philippines at 5:25 a.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian ministers at the end of two-day talks in Indonesia on Saturday urged Myanmar's junta to implement a five-point peace plan agreed two years ago to create a path towards ending the country's political crisis. Indonesia -- Southeast Asia's biggest economy -- is...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military authorities announced a six-month extension to a state of emergency on Wednesday, effectively delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August, as they battle anti-coup fighters across the country. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since...
At least eight Filipinos were arrested in Myanmar on its border with Thailand after violating foreign immigration-related laws, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. Among those who were eventually detained by Burmese police was Kiela Samson, whose parents called on the government...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar democracy activists called for businesses to close nationwide on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government, with the junta hinting it may extend a state of emergency and delay new elections. The military justified its...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the government to thoroughly investigate Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials, saying the Chinese mafia involved in human trafficking of Filipinos may have more connections working within the agency. Hontiveros, at the same time, called for an overhaul of the...
Senators on Wednesday, January 25 said they see an emerging humanitarian crisis if the recruitment of Filipinos for cryptoscamming operations continue to persist. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, pointed this out...
Acehnesse fishermen help evacuate Rohingya children from Myanmar onto the shorelines of Lancok village, in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency on June 25, 2020. (AFP) YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in...
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar's junta has thrown the book at Aung San Suu Kyi since it ousted her government last year, charging the democracy figurehead with a clutch of offences from illegally possessing walkie talkies to corruption. Aung San Suu Kyi (AFP/File) She has been found guilty of...
Aung San Suu Kyi (AFP/File) NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – A Myanmar junta court jailed ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for seven years for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the 18-month trial of the Nobel laureate. Suu Kyi was sentenced to seven years on five counts of...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Three Southeast Asian foreign ministers and a regional envoy tasked with solving the Myanmar crisis met with the junta's top diplomat at an "informal" meeting in Thailand on Thursday, the Thai government said. The meeting came shortly after the United Nations Security Council...
