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US President Donald Trump’s government on Tuesday gave up a controversial attempt to put a question about citizenship on next year’s census, handing a victory to those who argued the new item would lead to discrimination against minority residents including Filipinos living in the US. The decision followed a Supreme Court ruling that the case for adding the citizenship question was not convincing. Trump’s initial reaction to the ruling had been to call for […]
(Eagle News) — Two Filipinos were killed and three others were injured in a train and car accident in New Zealand on Wednesday, June 19. Ambassador to New Zealand Jesus Domingo did not reveal the identities of the dead and those injured in the incident in the Bay of Plenty along Pongakawa School Road near Te Puke town, but told Eagle News New Zealand bureau that they were carpenters who had just arrived in the country […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it is “closely monitoring the situation” of more than 800 Filipinos living in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan which had been hit by a magnitude 6.8 quake at around 10:30 p.m. (Japan time) Tuesday. Through the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka, the DFA is closely checking if there were Filipinos affected by the strong quake that hit Yamagata, Northern […]
The Democrat-dominated House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would create a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, including more than 20,000 Filipino illegal migrants in the United States. The bill, however, faces dubious Senate chances. The White House has warned President Donald Trump would veto the legislation if it reaches his desk as is, and the Republicans who control the Senate are unlikely to pass the measure. The […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang thanked the government of South Korea on Monday for its decision to relax the visa requirements for Filipinos who want to visit the country, as part of its goodwill in celebrating the 70th year of Philippine-Korean diplomatic ties. “The Palace appreciates the kind words of ROK (Republic of Korea) Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-Man when he announced that his country will start moderating visa requirements, as well as relaxing […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is checking whether Filipinos were among those injured in an explosion that rocked Lyon, France on Friday. Ambassador to France Ma. Theresa Lazaro said the embassy and the Honorary Consul in Lyon are in touch with local authorities to check if Filipinos were among the at least twelve injured in the blast at the corner of rue Victor-Hugo and rue Sala. The DFA said it was monitoring, through the […]
(Eagle News)–Eleven more Filipinos in war-torn Libya will be repatriated to the Philippines, Philippine Chargè d’Affaires Elmer Cato said. In a Tweet, Cato said the Filipinos were evacuated from Tripoli. He said this brings to 55 the number of Filipinos evacuated by the government since the conflict in Libya broke out on April 4. Early this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs raised an Alert Level over Tripoli and nearby areas, calling for a mandatory […]
Bodies of 3 Filipina domestic workers killed by Greek Cypriot officer already found A general view shows the Red Lake, a suspected dump site for a suspected serial killer, in Mitsero village, southwest of the capital Nicosia on April 26, 2019. – Cypriot authorities were combing lakes for the remains of three women and a girl, all Filipinos, dumped by a suspected serial killer, in a hunt for bodies that has shocked the island. (Photo […]
Authorities in Cyprus on Thursday uncovered a body of a woman, the third Filipina murdered by a suspected serial killer who had confessed to seven killings. This came as police widened a probe into the murders which were done by a 35-year old Greek Cypriot army officer who admitted to killing the three Filipinas whom he had reportedly met through an online dating site. The suspect, who is now in police custody, had even identified […]
(Eagle News) – An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) who is in Libya to help repatriate Filipinos there appealed to his countrymen to accept the Philippine government’s offer of repatriation and leave Tripoli as their lives are in danger due to intensified fighting there. Elmer Cato, the Philippine diplomatic representative in Libya, had been repeatedly telling Filipinos in Tripoli to leave the area and go back to the Philippines. But he […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Embassy has begun evacuating Filipinos from Tripoli, Libya following the continued fighting there. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the first batch consisting of seven Filipinos– three hospital workers and four students– were evacuated by the Philippine embassy this morning to Tunisia. From there they would be repatriated to the Philippines. The DFA said it shouldered the cost of the trip of the four Islamic School students in Tripoli while the Overseas […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Labor and Employment has announced a total deployment ban of Filipino workers to Libya. In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the ban was upon the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs amid the ongoing fighting between factions there. Earlier, the DFA raised an alert level 3 in Libya, and urged a voluntary repatriation of Filipinos in Tripoli and nearby areas. Bello said the ban, which was also […]
