More than 1.4 million undocumented immigrants in California may apply for driver's licenses starting Jan. 1, 2015 to apply, reports the Orange County Register. Information from the licenses may be used by immigration authorities only if court orders require it.
Member states of the European Union have rejected the proposed ban on Filipino seafarers, according to the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko), reports Inquirer.net. EU member states have endorsed the recommendation from the European Commission (EC) not to de-recognize the Filipino seafarers’ certificates of competency.
The number of poor Filipinos dropped amid the scorching economic growth in the first half of last year, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), reports Interaksyon.com. NEDA said poverty incidence slipped to 24.9 percent in the first six months of 2013 from 27.9 percent in the same period of 2012.
Any important ceremony in the Vatican--like the canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII--features music by the Coro della Capella Sistina or the Sistine Chapel Choir. Two members of Sistine Chapel Choir are Filipinos, one of them is 10-year-old Dan Valenzona, reports GMA News.
Going to war “is not in the interest of China,” new Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jian Hua declared at Thursday night’s celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday hosted by the British embassy, reports Interaksyon.com.
A Filipina commuter in Dubai was shocked when she was penalised by an inspector from Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) for chewing gum inside a bus stop, reports Gulf News. According to RTA rules and regulations, eating, drinking and smoking inside RTA’s air-conditioned bus shelters is an offence that attracts a Dh100 fine when caught.
Here’s good news for Filipinos wishing to work or permanently settle in Canada. The Canadian government is forging ahead with a new immigration system that will offer “express entry” to qualified immigrants, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz's announcement, reports Inquirer.net.
An Afghan government security guard opened fire April 24 on a group of foreign doctors at a Kabul hospital, killing three American physicians including Chicago-based Filipino American Dr. Jerry Umanos, reports Inquirer.net
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