President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has yet to decide on whether or not the Philippines would heed the United States' request to host Afghan refugees. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) "No decision yet," Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cheloy Garafil...
The landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of a Boeing C-17 transport aircraft registered under the U.S. military was a mistake and was caused by clerical error. Sen. Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB Photo) This was pointed out on Friday, July 7, by...
The government is carefully studying the request of the United States to the Philippines to temporarily house around 50,000 Afghan refugees as the legality of the issue must first be established, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. said. *Department of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has declared June 20 of every year as National Refugee Day. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation No. 265 on June 20. The President said declaring a national day for...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte offered an explanation into Vice President Sara Duterte's decision to oppose offering temporary shelter to some 50,000 refugees from Taliban-led Afghanistan. In the latest episode of SMNI News Channel’s “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa,” the former chief executive...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Canada's parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China but are now facing pressure to return. The move builds on a February 2021 move by Canadian lawmakers to label Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Jan. 26, encouraged all schools in the country to observe the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and asked for the “dangers of hate and intolerance” to never be forgotten. Vice President Sara Duterte lights the six candles for the six million Jewish...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday launched a program to encourage ordinary Americans to sponsor refugees as admissions languish despite record displacement around the world. In what he billed as the biggest innovation in US refugee resettlement in four...
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to their homes in Myanmar, nearly five years after a crackdown there sparked an exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle...
The Philippines, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), signed a legal framework program that will allow Rohingya refugees to enter the country and receive their tertiary education here. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. signs the legal framework for the Complementary Pathways (CPath)...
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh -- Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations on Sunday demanding repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled a brutal military crackdown five years ago. Rohingya refugees walk a "Go home campaign" rally demanding repatriation at Kutupalong...
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine -- Ukraine is preparing for "big battles" against Moscow's forces in the east of the country, officials in Kyiv said, as thousands of civilians flee in fear of an imminent Russian offensive. Evacuations resumed on Saturday from Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, where a missile...
