OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Distressed OFWs are often a pathetic and heart-rending lot. Seriously maltreated OFWs in Saudi Arabia, Qatar or Jordan can’t end immediately their misery and go back home even if some have reached their breaking point. More often than not, they suffer for months before...
At least 69 percent of adult Filipinos said that the problem of fake news in media is serious, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey result released on Friday, Feb. 25. (Unsplash) In a nationwide survey conducted from Dec. 12 to Dec. 16, 2021, with 1,440 respondents, SWS...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer SenatorPanfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson has expressed hopes that his efforts to save billions of pesos in public funds from going into the pockets of thieves would bear fruit by Filipinos giving him a chance to be their next leader. Senator Panfilo Lacson But if...
If you are single this Valentine’s Day, then you are not alone as 18 percent of Filipinos have no love life, per the recent survey result of the Social Weather Stations (SWS). (Photo from pexels.com) About 54 percent of Filipinos claimed that they are “very happy” with their love life while...
At least 84 percent of Filipinos said they are more attracted to a person’s brains than of body, according to the most recent survey result of the Social Weather Stations (SWS). (Photo from pexels.com) Only 15 percent of the respondents said they are more into body than of a person’s brains....
It’s health over love and money for Filipinos. (Photo from pexels.com) This was according to the result of the most recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) which was released Sunday, Feb. 13. In the survey conducted from Dec. 12 to 16, 2021, respondents were asked: “If you...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has expressed optimism that the national government would soon grant the private sector’s appeals to reduce the quarantine period for returning Filipino immigrants, their families, and overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) to just two days....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that starting August 1 this year, it will no longer require the presentation of an entry exemption document (EED) from the foreigner spouses, children, and parents of Filipino citizens who are traveling to the Philippines as tourists to visit their kin here....
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has clarified that foreign parents of Filipinos need to secure a visa and an entry exemption document first before travelling to the Philippines. (Photo from BI Facebook page) In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said foreign parents of Filipino citizens are...
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/...
Filipinos are more interested in Ivermectin, the unapproved drug treatment for COVID-19, than vaccine registrations and oxygen tanks, research showed. iPrice Group, a meta-search website which shared its recent study, said that based on their research there was only an estimate of 1,430...
