The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Wednesday that five Filipino seafarers who were among the crew of a cargo ship hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia last May 24 are safe.
DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Esteban Conejos said that contact has been established between ship owners of the Panama-flagged freight ship and [...]
Students have to sing the Phlippine national anthem out loud instead of merely listening to canned music, an education official said.
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus has issued a department order that bans the playing of canned national anthem “Lupang Hinirang in schools.” said Dr. Recaredo Borgonia, assistant regional director of he Department of Education in Central [...]
A Pinoy living in Paris has seen the benefits of having her “kababayans” (countrymen) as customers.
Lynda Elkins dedicated the success of her newly-opened boutique to fellow Filipinos living in Paris, France.
Inmates of facility of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental are making themselves busy weaving native bags.
Rosalito Amato has been in jail for three years because of possession of illegal drugs. Now, he finds himself in demand inside Kabankalan jail because he makes fine woven bags. [...]
A Filipino-Australian made it to the top six of the popular reality television (TV) show “Australia’s Next Top Model” before judges decided to send her home.
Rebecca Jobson used to be one of the favorites of the judges and of local media among the contenders in the reality TV show.
The official nomination of Barack Obama as the official Democratic presidential contender not only created a division among US Democrats but also divided Filipino Americans as well.
Most of the young Fil-Ams are rooting for Obama, who they said represents hope and change.
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Senators on Friday minced no words in telling the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC) that their letter sent to President Arroyo regarding reforms in the power sector was “untimely and disrespectful.”
“It is misguided to think that if you write a letter to the President, the Senate will immediately sweep everything off the table [...]
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