Honoring 10 outstanding Filipinos made President Marcos reflect that the Filipino people do not have "a damaged culture." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. bestows the medallion of excellence to Filipino teachers, soldiers, and police who have been conferred the 2023 Metrobank Foundation...
Sen. Robin Padilla on Monday, Sept. 11 pushed for clearer regulations on Halal certification amid the confusion brought by having two different agencies involved in the certification and accreditation. Sen. Robin Padilla presides over the Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs...
The government will continue to attract job-generating investments as the unemployment rate shrunk to 4.8 percent in July, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the government will maintain a sound macroeconomic environment and pursue...
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...
