A 47-year-old Filipino caregiver has emerged as the newest star of Israeli reality television, reports Inquirer.net/AP Rose Fostanes, a diminutive woman with a booming voice, has taken “X-Factor Israel” by storm and emerged as a national phenomenon. Known simply as “Rose,” she is mobbed by fans wherever she goes.
President Benigno Aquino is open to moving the start of the Philippines' school year to September instead of June, reports Inquirer.net. Communications Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma, Jr. said over state-run dzRB that the proposal was in line with the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Integration in 2015.
John Kenneth Deñega, a 12-year-old boy killed by firecracker blast, became the first pediatric kidney donor in the country, reports Interaksyon.com. Deñega's parents donated the boy's kidneys to a 64-year-old male radio commentator, a diabetic, who is suffering from end-stage renal disease.
Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease, which should have been eliminated years ago, has infected hundreds of children in the country, causing an outbreak in at least nine cities in the National Capital Region, reports Interaksyon.com.
The Philippine government suspended three recruitment firms for allegedly illegally deploying Filipino workers to Jordan through Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reports GMA News. Suspended were Empleos Incorporated, Nahed International Manpower Services and Ridzkey Human Resources International Services, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).
The US government deported about 369,000 immigrants, including a number of Filipinos, during fiscal year 2013, according to new statistics from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released last month, reports Inquirer.net. It shows a 10 percent drop from the previous year — the first since President Barack Obama took office in 2008.
Singapore’s top court recognized the right of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) to hold in trust the $23 million seized from the estate of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, reports Inquirer.net. It does not jeopardize the legal position of the Philippine government, Malacañang said on Saturday.
KUALA LUMPUR--Ten Filipinas were among 35 women rescued were from three reflexology centers in a in Setapak, where they had been cooped up in makeshift rooms and forced into sexual slavery, reports Malaysia's Star.com.
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