HONG KONG, China -- Boat racing has been a popular festive event in celebrating the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong. However, as large-scale gatherings were still risky in Hong Kong due to the lingering COVID-19 epidemic, a mini boat race on land was held Sunday with people enjoying the...
The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 expressed optimism on Wednesday, May 26, that the country will be able to consume all eight million vaccines in its inventory before they get expired as vaccine hesitancy continues to affect the immunization program in parts of the world. "May...
A Filipina and her Indian boyfriend were arrested in Hong Kong over suspicion of providing misleading information to contact tracers. Pedestrians walk across a road in Hong Kong on May 3, 2021. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a South China Morning Post report, the 29-year-old engineer...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday expressed his appreciation for the work of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong in defending the rights of overseas Filipino workers from the selective plan to vaccinate 370,000 foreign domestic helpers. Foreign Affairs Secretary...
Senator Joel Villanueva has shared the concern that the Hong Kong government's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all domestic workers would be discriminatory against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Overseas Filipino workers who were quarantined for weeks wait for flights back to their home...
Hong Kong on Tuesday confirmed that four new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have been detected in the country following the mandatory mass testing ordered by health authorities. In this file photo taken on July 28, 2020, visitors walk along a viewing platform on Victoria Peak in Hong Kong....
The Philippine Consulate on Tuesday thanked the Hong Kong government for its "understanding" and in ordering a review of the mandatory vaccination of all foreign domestic helpers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE "We thank Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Hong...
The Philippines has welcomed Hong Kong's decision to halt and review an earlier decision to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory for foreign domestic workers. image3 Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier announced that concerned authorities would reexamine the vaccine requirement for...
Vaccination should never be forced. Bishop Ruperto Santos (CBCP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) said this amid the plan of Hong Kong to require...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) says it is closely monitoring the situation in Hong Kong following its government's decision to make coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations mandatory among the hundreds of thousands of foreign workers there. Hong Kong (Photo by Elton Yung/...
Malacañang asked the government of Hong Kong to not single out overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in its plan to make the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday said there should be “no singling out of any nationality” in Hong Kong’s plan to inoculate around 370,000 foreign domestic workers before their contracts can be renewed. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. (Twitter/Teddy Boy Locsin Jr.)...
