An agreement was supposed to be signed by Kuwait and the Philippines to ensure that the rights of Filipino migrant workers are respected. How important is it for the Philippine government to protect the rights of its workers abroad?Read more
Subic-BlogDuterte's pivot is also in part a response to the United States' lack of clear commitment to the Philippines in the South China Sea dispute with China — despite the United States–Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. Duterte has accepted theRead more
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Subic-BlogIn an anticlimactic twist, about 50 asylum seekers were allowed past a gate controlled by Mexican officials to walk across a long bridge but were stopped at the entrance to the U.S. inspection facility at the other end. TheyRead more
Subic-BlogU.S. News & World Report. Detractors Deride Duterte for Asking Filipinos to Leave Kuwait. More. FILE PHOTO: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during an armed forces change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, PhilippinesRead more
Subic-BlogIn particular, Dominguez said the state-run lenders Landbank and Development Bank of the Philippines, both universal banks, could establish units that would promote bonds to micro, small and medium enterprises. “It's easier for us to do it through themRead more
Subic-BlogReports swirled in the US capital that the Philippines is the latest foreign government to “book rooms or host events” at the Trump International Hotel, with critics arguing that such bookings are nothing more than attempts to “curry favor”Read more
Subic-BlogHe urged Kuwait — “a good friend” — not to hurt the Filipinos in the northern Arabian Gulf state and to help the Philippine government get them out. “If the presence of Filipinos is a burden to you, allowRead more
Subic-BlogIn 2016, airport authorities made at least 15 arrests against suspected foreign drug couriers. Manila International Airport Authority general manager Eddie Monreal said the Philippine government is in close coordination with US law enforcement units and international police inRead more
Subic-Blog“Our current fleet of 85 aircrafts is already the largest in the Philippines,” says Bautista. “We are aiming for 100 aircraft by 2020, which places us in the category of a major carrier. But we are not merely addingRead more
Subic-Blog“The Trump hotel may have some political undertones because it is associated with the US president,” Jose Manuel Romualdez, the Philippine ambassador to the US, wrote in a column in The Philippine Star newspaper earlier this week. “But sinceRead more
Subic-BlogTHE Baguio City National High School of 1992 has been a very busy bumble bee for the past few weeks. Officers and members of the distinguished group led by the incumbent president of the BCNHS Alumni Alumni Assocation andRead more
Subic-Blog“We are friends with America, no doubt about it. We have the RP-US pact, military. But the provisions there says that if we go to war, we have to ask from each other's Congress for the authority,” he said.Read more
Subic-BlogTHE US will defend the Philippines should a foreign force attack any of the country's territories, excluding the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) Ambassador Sung Kim said Thursday. “Our commitment set in the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT)Read more
Subic-BlogFollowing an internal explosion in the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor, the United States, in 1898 intervened in the war and within a few months, Spain signed a peace treaty ceding Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, andRead more
Subic-BlogFor all the political controversy he has generated, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is overseeing a period of rapid economic growth. … American and European companies could be driven away, leaving the Philippines relying on Japan and China, which hasRead more
Subic-BlogOn Apr. 18 around 8 p.m. in the San Francisco International Airport, — a week before the Supreme Court hearing on the travel ban — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained and interrogated a Muslim Filipino peace advocateRead more
Subic-BlogFather Castor said the attack on Sister Fox is an "attack on the mission of the church." "This is a call to the leadership of the church in the Philippines, let us speak out. Let us not just takeRead more
Subic-BlogThe US Embassy in the Philippines hosted a 10-day drug treatment and rehabilitation training in the country as part of its drug demand reduction efforts. The embassy on Thursday said they partnered with the Dangerous Drugs Board, 30 representativesRead more
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