Manila, Philippines - Seventy-three percent of adult Filipinos are expecting this year's Christmas to be "happy" while six percent anticipate it to be "sad," a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from December 8 to 11, 2023 revealed. On the...
Hong Kong WinterFest, organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), is set to rock the Christmas holiday with a wave of exciting events. The four-day extravaganza promises a diverse range of live performances at Christmas Town, along with...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines had an emotional meeting on Friday with two heroic overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who survived the harrowing attack launched by the Hamas group on Israel in October. The meeting served as...
Maynila - Tiniyak ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa mga overseas Filipino worker (OFWs) nitong Miyerkules ang pagpapatuloy ng mga programa at proyekto ng gobyerno na magpapaangat sa kalidad ng kanilang buhay habang tinitiyak ang komportableng buhay para...
Sen. Chiz Escudero has assured employees of the Bureau of Immigration that their salaries and benefits will remain intact and untouched even with the inclusion of a provision in the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that allows the reimbursement...
First Batch of 100,000 “Hong Kong Night Treats for Locals” Dining VouchersUp for Grabs from 10am TomorrowThe Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is launching a giveaway of 200,000 “Hong KongNight Treats for Locals” dining vouchers. The first batch of...
Press Release - HK migrants call for inclusion and expect genuine services and protection in 2024.In commemoration of International Migrants Day, the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body-IMA-HKgathered at Victoria Park with hundreds of its members, solidarity friends, and advocates to...
The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a series of territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations codenamed "Twilight", and joint operations with the Hong Kong Police Force codenamed "Champion" and "Windsand", for four consecutive days from December 11 to yesterday (December 14). A...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has closed down a Quezon City-based technical vocational institution (TVI) for allegedly conducting illegal recruitment of Filipino caretakers and factory workers with bogus job offers in Taiwan. The DMW’s Migrant Workers Protection Bureau (MWPB),...
Manila, Philippines - Forty-eight percent of Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, a third quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said. The survey, conducted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 through...