WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he would sign legislation authorizing the release of files from the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a move that could bring long-withheld documents about the late financier and convicted sex offender...
MANILA — The Philippine government repatriated 346 overseas Filipino workers who had been trafficked and forced to work in online scam operations in Myanmar, marking the largest single group rescued from the Southeast Asian nation to date, officials said...
MANILA — A Philippine congressman urged embassies and consulates worldwide Wednesday to extend services to overseas Filipino workers on weekends and holidays, citing the migrants' limited time off and financial pressures that make routine errands a hardship.
Rep. Bryan Revilla,...
LONDON — The BBC issued a personal apology Thursday to President Donald Trump over a documentary that his lawyers deemed defamatory, but the British broadcaster insisted there is no legal basis for a lawsuit and no plans to pay...
A lucky bettor in the rural province of Southern Leyte scooped up an 81.8 million peso ($1.4 million) jackpot in Thursday's Lotto 6/42 drawing, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office announced Friday.
The winner matched all six numbers — 18-28-08-30-41-06 —...
A Filipina domestic helper was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing about 520,000 Hong Kong dollars ($66,700) in cash from her employer in a high-end apartment in Hong Kong's upscale Happy Valley neighborhood, police said.
The 59-year-old employer, a woman...
Hong Kong immigration authorities arrested 21 people, including 14 suspected illegal workers and seven employers, in an eight-day operation targeting foreign domestic helpers who allegedly violated their work conditions.
The Immigration Department, known as ImmD, launched "Operation Swordfish" from Nov....
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 15-year-old boy hailed as a hero for saving nearly 50 neighbors from raging floodwaters during Typhoon Tino has received a full college scholarship, complete with a monthly allowance, in a gesture of community gratitude.
Jayboy...
HONG KONG — Philippine consular and government officials, led by the Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and ConGen Romulo Victor Israel Jr., visited Filipina inmates at Hong Kong's Lo Wu Correctional Institution on Saturday, 8 Nov....
MANILA — Typhoon Uwan barreled into the Philippines' area of responsibility late Friday, prompting weather officials to raise the lowest-level wind signal over dozens of provinces and islands while forecasting a potential super typhoon strike on northern Luzon by...
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