Help will soon reach Filipino communities in China, particularly in Jilin, amid the lockdowns enforced in various areas due to the surge of new Covid-19 cases, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Volunteers deliver parcels to a residential community under closed-off management in Minhang...
Filipinos around the world began casting their votes for the 2022 national elections on Sunday, April 10. OVERSEAS VOTING BEGINS—An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early nationals to cast votes for the May 2022 national elections during the first day of overseas absentee voting...
Despite experiencing a fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, many Filipino voters in Hong Kong still turned up to cast their votes on the first day of the overseas absentee voting (OAV) on Sunday, April 10. (Photo courtesy of Raly Tejada/ Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong) At noon, the...
Despite having fewer jobless Filipinos in February this year compared to the same period in 2021, Malacañang said that more needs to be done to allow everyone to return to work amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (File Photo) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this statement after the...
The country’s unemployment rate steadied at 6.4 percent in February, translating to 3.13 million jobless Filipinos following the further easing of mobility and quarantine restrictions, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA’s preliminary February 2022 Labor Force Survey...
The Philippine Consulate General in New York has strongly condemned the recent attacks against two Filipinos, including a senior, in New York as it urged authorities to keep the city's streets safe again. (Pixabay) Two Filipinos—a 73-year-old and 53-year-old—were at the receiving end...
More than 430 Filipinos are now out of war-stricken Ukraine, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of DFA) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola disclosed that as of March 29, a total of 434 Filipinos have been taken out of Ukraine. Of this, 394 nationals have...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos was asked during a televised interview Saturday, March 26 whether he was a pessimist an optimist; he said he's the latter. (Jove Duero/ Unsplash) "'Im essentially an optimist," the UniTeam ticket figurehead told the panelists in The Deep Probe: The SMNI...
Malacañang welcomed the result of a recent survey showing that the number of Filipinos who experienced hunger declined but said that more should be done to address hunger and poverty. Acting Presidential Spokesman and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. (Malacañang photo) Communications...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said at least 65 million individuals in the Philippines have already completed their primary vaccination series against Covid-19. "Sa...
Unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic despite stricter quarantine restrictions amid Omicron surge in January, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Friday, March 18. The number of jobless Filipinos stood at 2.93 million in the first month...
More than 300 Filipinos from Ukraine have returned to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. HOME, FINALLY-- Nineteen seafarers from Ukraine arrive in the country on March 16, bringing the total repatriates from the war-stricken country to 329. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) A...
