Since 1991, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) has spearheaded the biennial Gawad ng Pangulo Awards. It was institutionalized under E.O.498 issued by former President Corazon C. Aquino to honor and recognize overseas Filipinos who have selflessly supported relief, rehabilitation and development programs in the home country. The roster of awardees now includes some 338 […] More
It has become a tradition in the last two decades to highlight December as the “Month of Overseas Filipinos.” A welcome innovation in the 2011 celebration of the exceptional contributions of Filipinos overseas is the fitting recognitionof media practitioners who have featured not only their travails and successes, but have also continuously given them moral […] More
MANILA, Philippines – In Sunday’s ceremony at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Robin Lim, a Filipino-American midwife who helps poor women have healthy pregnancies and births in Indonesia received the CNN Hero of the Year 2011 award. Click to rate this post! [Total: 0 Average: 0] More
Sa ika-apat na pagkakataon sa taong ito, isang drug mule Pinoy ang pinarusahan ng kamatayan sa China. Manila – Isang 35-taon gulang na Filipino ang pinarusahan ng kamatayan para sa salang drug trafficking sa pamamagitan ng lethal injection sa Guangxi kahapon. Click to rate this post! [Total: 0 Average: 0] More
Manila – Ayon sa COMELEC o Commission on Election, umabot sa 5,438 pa lamang ang nagpa-rehistro sa OAV (Overseas Absentee Voting) para sa eleksyon sa 2013. Inumpisahan ang pagpaparehistro noong nakaraang Nov. 2, 2011 at matatapos ito sa Oct. 31, 2012. Click to rate this post! [Total: 0 Average: 0] More
MANILA—President Aquino is set to lobby for the implementation of the rights of migrants workers during the Association of Southeast Asian Nation Summit in Bali next week. In a statement, the Philippines will push for the need to finalize a binding instrument for the implementation of the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of Rights […] More
MANILA – Muling tinalakay noong nakaraang Biyernes ang ipinalabas na resolusyon tungkol sa deployment ban ng mga overseas Filipino worker sa 41 bansa ng mga miyembro ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Board. Ang pulong diumano ay sa kahilingan ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na ipagpaliban ang pagpapatupad ng resolusyon habang kinakausap nila ang […] More
Ang Pilipinas ay pinagbawalan ang mga Pilipino sa pangingibang bayan para magtrabaho sa halos 41countries na di-umano’y hindi nagbigay ng sapat na mga safeguards upang protektahan ang mga mangagagwa mula sa pang-aabuso. Noong nakaraang Miyerkules ang Department of Labor and Employment sa isang board resolution ay nag-post sa kanilang website at sinabing mayroong 41 mga […] More
According to the UN, Jonathan Eric Defante, 22, was one of this year’s “Citizen Ambassadors” for suggesting that plastic bottles can be reused to build communities around the world. Defante’s entry, “One Bottle, One Life,” was picked by a panel of experts from the UN among 600 videos, along with: – “In Our Way, […] More
The “Diaspora to Development: Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora” was held last September 27-29, 2011 at the Philippine International Convention Center brought together 700 participants from at least 40 countries – outstanding professionals and community leaders – who are representatives of the estimated 8.5 million overseas Filipinos. The conference was spearheaded by the […] More
Ang bangkay ni Romilyn Eroy Ibañez ay dumating sa Pilipinas noong September 2 mula sa Al-Khobar, eksaktong isang taon matapos itong matagpuang nakahandusay at naliligo sa sariling dugo. Makalipas lamang ang ilang oras ay idineklara itong patay ng mga manggagamot. Ngunit ang himutok ni Mira Ibañez, matapos masilayan ang inuwing bangkay ng kanyang kapatid na walang […] More
At least 166 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were found human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-positive in the seven months to July this year, up 73 percent compared to the 96 diagnosed over the same period in 2010. Citing National HIV and AIDS Registry statistics, LPG/MA Rep. Arnel Ty said the fresh cases brought to 1,688 the cumulative number […] More
