OFW Forum The anticipated stiff battle for the presidency by Vice President Leni Robredo and ex-Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr is likely to boost the number of overseas Filipinos who will cast their votes at the upcoming national elections in May 2022. More than ample indications of overseas...
Over 100 feminists, women workers, and grassroot women from Asia and the Pacific called for safe and just workplaces for women amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and worsening work conditions across the globe. (Unsplash) The International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 190 (C190) and its...
Clockwise from left: Bowling secretary general Bong Coo, team coach Jojo Canare, and national team members Rachelle Leon and Merwin Tan. The Philippine bowling team has set its sights on the 31st Southeast Asian Games after a successful stint at the International Bowling Federation (IBF) World...
OFW Forum Though ex-President Ferdinand Marcos died way back in 1989, his intriguing mystique apparently remains alive and is now unwittingly aiding in significant ways the presidential bid in May 2022 of his only son, Ferdinand Junior. Bedeviled in two fronts by disqualification petitions and...
For presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo, the May 2022 polls are neither about her nor her competitors in the Palace race. Instead, it's about the collective dream of Filipinos who simply want to survive for their loved ones and have a better future. Presidential aspirant and Vice...
Without dismissing the gains of the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program, presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Nov. 18, stressed the importance of building “better” and targeting the poorest and most vulnerable to benefit from the infrastructure...
Presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Nov. 18, said she plans to pour investments in “blue” industries if she wins the presidency, adding that the country can become “a leading maritime power.” Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Blue industries refer to...
Organizers of the Chooks-to-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Invitational Tournament are looking at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City as the venue for their opening matches scheduled on Dec. 11. Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes said they are finalizing the details as of this writing...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Filipinos who live and work overseas often find themselves in a great quandary whenever the subject of public governance crops up in discussions with compatriots and with nationals of different countries. In Hong Kong, a small China city with a population of less than eight...
Jonas Sultan (PSA Forum) Jonas Sultan dreams of facing decorated Japanese fighter Naoya Inoue to highlight his professional career in the future. Sultan, who is still in cloud nine from dismantling Puerto Rican knockout artist Carlos Caraballo late October in New York city, said he is impressed...
Members and partners of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development (APWLD) decried the exclusion of feminists and grassroots women at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) held in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo from APWLD) APWLD...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion On paper, the country’s 10.2 million plus overseas Filipino community as per Commission on Overseas Filipinos (CFO) data looks formidable. In theory, they can significantly influence or even alter the outcome of the country’s national elections in 2022. However,...
