Flag of China (Unsplash) Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, April 18, brushed off the clarification of controversial Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian that his statement on the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan was misquoted. Hontiveros had earlier advised Malacañang to ask Beijing to...
The Philippine government has put in place measures to assure  the safety of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan amid controversial remarks made by China's top diplomat in Manila. In a statement on Monday night, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assured the public that...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada The Philippine government has enough funds to cover for the repatriation of about 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan in case the China-Taiwan situation deteriorates. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, said two-thirds of...
Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate PRIB) Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino on Monday, April 17, proposed for the country’s Balikatan Exercises with the United States (US) to include in upcoming drills the evacuation simulation of more than 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in Taiwan...
A Filipino official deployed to Taiwan has questioned a statement made by China's ambassador in Manila when the latter linked American military's access to Philippine military sites to the employment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the self-governing island. Silvestro Bello, chairperson of...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Sunday, April 16, accused reports of misquoting or misinterpreting the remarks made by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian about the fate of some 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan amid the intensified Philippine-United States (US)...
The Philippines won’t meddle into the sovereignty issue involving China and Taiwan, the National Security Council (NSC) insisted, as it denounced the recent remarks of Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian concerning the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (L-R) (Chinese ...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday, April 15, took exception to the remarks issued by Chinese envoy Huang Xilian that the Philippines should stop meddling with China’s affairs in Taiwan lest it risks the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there. (Chinese Ambassador to...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has branded Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian's statements regarding the Taiwan situation as "condemnable". "It is condemnable that China seems to be...
China's top diplomat in Manila has called on the Philippines to oppose the supposed "Taiwan independence" by not giving American troops access to Philippine military bases as he claimed that the latter was only taking advantage of the situation in the Taiwan strait through military expansion....
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese court Thursday sentenced nine people to prison terms ranging from 11 to 18 years on human trafficking charges for luring dozens of people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates. Online "boiler room" rackets have long had a presence across Southeast Asia, where...
The word war between Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba and Senior Undersecretary Carlito Galvez Jr., officer in charge of the Department of National Defense (DND), is heating up as the two officials clashed over the establishment of four additional sites for the expansion of the Enhanced Defense...
