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...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The UN Security Council called for Myanmar's junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday as it adopted its first ever resolution on the situation in the turmoil-ridden Southeast Asian country. The 15-member Council has been split on Myanmar for decades and was...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death row to 139, according to the United Nations. A junta spokesperson did not respond to calls from outside Myanmar seeking confirmation of the latest death sentences. The...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, December 2 welcomed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to investigate the reported trafficking of Filipinos for a cryptocurrency scam in Myanmar. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, November 28 said the Philippine government is now doubling all efforts to rescue some 31 more individuals who are said to be victims of human trafficking in Myanmar. Hontiveros, citing the testimony of “Rita” one of the human trafficking victims who was lured...
