The Filipinos

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/23/2017

After almost a year of following up on the status of his report of birth abroad — a Filipino born in the USA that is — I finally got word that our third and youngest child had…

Income tax–exempt Filipinos to triple to 6M under Duterte package — DOF

Inquirer.net 06/08/2017

MANILA — The number of Filipinos to be exempted from income taxes will triple to six million under the Duterte administration’s first tax reform package, according to the Department of Finance. Based on preliminary DOF estimates, there…

Bello suspends OFW deployment to Qatar

Inquirer.net 06/06/2017

MANILA — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III declared on Tuesday a temporary deployment ban of overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) in Qatar after its neighboring countries severed ties and closed their borders with the kingdom. “Effective today, the…

Condemn terror attacks but careful about martial law

06/01/2017

MANIFESTO OF THE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP (FLAG) REGION 7 STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON MARAWI CITY AND URGING PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE TO RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION BY RECOGNIZING THE POWER OF THE SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW…

Taiwan postpones visa-free entry for Filipinos

Inquirer.net 05/17/2017

The Taiwanese government has postponed the implementation of its visa-free entry policy for Filipinos from June to September 2017. In an advisory on Tuesday, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines said the Ministry of…

14 young Filipinos now in Japan for goodwill exchange program

PR 05/16/2017

Fourteen university students and young professionals are now in Japan as part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (Jenesys) batch 9 to be held in Tokyo and neighboring cities from May 16…

Filipinos may visit Taiwan visa-free starting June

Inquirer 05/04/2017

MANILA — It’s official: Filipinos may visit Taiwan visa-free beginning June. Dr. Gary Song-Huann Lin, Taiwan representative to the Philippines, shared the good news on Wednesday during his special lecture in the University of the Philippines Diliman…

Full of grace

04/29/2017

Ivy Grace Paredes In the universe of Ivy Grace Paredes, a large part of her magic, also so palpable every day in the lives of Filipinos, is the common understanding that—in the best of times, but especially…

Filipinos believe criminals deserve a second chance

04/28/2017

Half of adult Filipinos surveyed agree that a heinous criminal having a chance for reformation is a valid argument against the reimposition of death penalty. In the Social Weather Stations (SWS) first-quarter survey first published in BusinessWorld,…

Starting entrepreneurs urged to invest in a franchise

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/22/2017

ENTREPRENEURS, who are interested to invest in a franchise but have no background in running a business, are encouraged to visit franchise expos, get acquainted with exhibitors and determine which business is right for them. Franklin Go,…

Stories of hope

Sofia Aliño Logarta 03/22/2017

Vice President Leni Robredo joined the KALIPI anniversary celebration, and the women joined in gathering stories of hope. She said it was the young people who were tired of the negativity pulling us down. She provided samples…

Asiatravel.com, MLhuillier ink deal, target Pinoy travellers mart

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/02/2017

WITH more airlines offering low-cost flights and the increasing spending capacity of Filipinos, more people in the Philippines are now able to fly to different destinations in the country as well as all over the world. Nemilyn…

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