June 7th: National Migrant Workers Day
Filipinas dining out at a Philippine restaurant in Adelaide, Australia. Photo: Jeremaiah Opiniano Updated
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Philippines celebrates National Migrant Workers Day
“Filipinas dining out at a Philippine restaurant in Adelaide, Australia.” (photo by Jeremaiah Opiniano) Has the conditions of Filipino Overseas Workers (OFWs) improved since the hanging of Flor Contemplacion in 1955 in Singapore? Can they “chart newer tales and tumble down aging stereotypes of themselves?” A Filipino doctoral student in Australia contemplates a new future. By
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FBI investigates Quiboloy church in Hawaii for trafficking
In better times – President Rodrigo Duterte and Quiboloy shares a laugh before the falling out.(Rappler photo) ‘Son of God’ is Duterte’s biggest supporter By Ted Alcuitas The FBI is investigating the local chapter of Apollo Quiboloy’s controversial church for aggressive fundraising in Hawaii and possible human trafficking, The Inquirer reports quoting a Hawaii news
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Migration: Philippines sends its women abroad
Overseas Filipino workers say their goodbyes to their loved ones before leaving for another country to work. ABS-CBN News file photo ABS/CBN Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation Posted at Mar 30 2018 09:17 AM PAMANTINGAN – When the rains failed in 2015 and drought gripped southern Mindanao in the Philippines, Corazon Vegafria knew what she
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HK Filipinos took to streets to protest recall of labour attache
Hundreds gather to protest recall of popular labour attache. (HK PINOY TV) Philippines Attache was recalled abruptly By Ted Alcuitas The recalll of a popular labour attache in Hong Kong has prompted a demonstration by Filipino workers against the move by the Philippine government. Jalilo Dela Torre was taken by surprise on Friday (March
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Who is afraid of the International Criminal Court?
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announces decision on February 8, 2018 to look into Philippine situation. (ICC photo) Philippines Global human rights icon calls Duterte’s action ‘nonsense’ Opinion By Ted Alcuitas A world-renown human rights advocate has waded into the controversy on the ICC investigation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs.’ “Legally what Duterte
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Photography: Pinay maid sa Hongkong nanalo
Joan Pabona’s black-and-white photo, ‘Sacrifice,’ shows a worker in a helmet standing among safety nets used for bamboo scaffolding. National Geographic HK photo contest runner-up A domestic worker from the Philippines has taken the first runner-up prize in a photo contest held by National Geographic, the Asia Times reported. Joan Pabona, a 35-year-old Filipina domestic
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‘Revolutionary’ activist Pet Cleto dies at 72
Pet Cleto, right, with another womens activist Bernadette Ellorin, chair of USA Bayan. Toronto,Ontario Life-long devotion to womens issues By Ted Alcuitas She was called a revolutionary woman, defender of human rights and a journalist, but to the mostly young women who followed her, she was plain ‘Tita Pet’ and to those on the
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Diaspora protests against Duterte on Human Rights Day
Rain did not stop protesters in Manila. (ABS/CN photo) Filipino diaspora celebrates International Human Rights Day with protests By Ted Alcuitas Filipinos across the diaspora commemorated the 70th International Human Rights Day by holding rallies and discussions on the current situation in the Philippines. Rallies were held on December 10 in San Francisco, LA, Paris, Sidney,
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Two strongmen meet: Trump and Duterte
US President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will meet this week on the APEC Summit to be held in Da Nang, Vietnam. AP/Alex Brandon, Bullit Marquez PhilStar Global November, 6, 2017 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will meet US President Donald Trump ahead of the ASEAN Summit, as the firebrand leader flies
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