Thousands of people gathered in Manger Square on Christmas Eve, filling the historic plaza with families, music and decorations in a vibrant return to holiday traditions after two years of subdued or canceled festivities amid the war in Gaza. The...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has launched an online tracking portal to allow families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to monitor the door-to-door delivery of long-delayed "balikbayan" boxes, many of which had been abandoned at ports for months or...
The remains of Maryan Pascual Esteban, the only Filipino killed in Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, were repatriated to the Philippines over the weekend, officials said Monday, as the government pledged ongoing support for her grieving family. Esteban, a...
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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, on Thursday praised overseas Filipino workers for their increasing remittances, which rose to $3.52 billion in October, while pledging expanded government programs to support their reintegration upon returning home. Cacdac...
NONTHABURI, Thailand — Alexandra Eala delivered a dominant performance to claim the women's singles tennis gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games on Thursday, defeating Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-1, 6-2 in the final and ending a 26-year wait for...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. personally welcomed a Filipino migrant worker hailed as a hero for saving a three-month-old baby during a deadly high-rise fire in Hong Kong last month, as she returned home Tuesday after weeks of hospital treatment. Rhodora...
Cash remittances from overseas Filipino workers rose 3% in October to $3.17 billion from $3.08 billion a year earlier, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported Monday. The central bank said year-to-date cash remittances through October reached $29.2 billion, up 3.2%...
SYDNEY — A father and son opened fire on crowds attending a Hanukkah event at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens in what Australian authorities described as a targeted antisemitic...
NONTHABURI, Thailand — Alexandra Eala, the Philippines' top-ranked tennis player and a flagbearer at the Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, begins her pursuit of an elusive gold medal Monday when she faces Malaysia's Shihomi Li Xuan Leong in the...