Filipinos with valid visas remain "welcome to the US." The US State Department allayed fears among Filipinos caused by President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order that issued a temporary travel ban to seven Muslim-majority countries and suspended refugee admissions, reports Inquirer.net.
Special envoy to the U.S. Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez (Source: CNNPH)
CNN Philippines reports that Special envoy to the U.S. Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez mentions that I.S.I.S.-related activity puts the Philippines at risk of the U.S. Travel Ban.
The number of foreign workers in Japan topped 1 million for the first time last year, the government has said, as the country looks overseas to offset labor shortages. Filipinos numbered 128,000, third after Chinese and Vietnamese, reports Inquirer.net.
Ninio Joseph Fetalvo (Source: ABS-CBN)
Ninio Joseph Fetalvo has been appointed White House assistant press secretary, working with press secretary Sean Spicer in addressing issues about the U.S. government. Fetalvo will cover issues on healthcare, education, transportation and veterans affairs, reports the Manila Bulletin.
The Philippine economy grew by a robust 6.8 percent last year even amid a transition in government between two administrations. Full-year economic growth was within the 6-7 percent growth target of the Duterte administration for 2016, reports Inquirer.net.
The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments involving James Dimaya, a Filipino immigrant, in a case that raises the question of whether crimes such as home burglary can be considered “crimes of violence,” which under federal law calls for the mandatory deportation of the convicted perpetrator, reports Inquirer.net.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called on Washington to make sure that US aid to the Philippines is not used for President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. The editorial ran weeks before the kidnap-for-ransom-murder of a South Korean expatriate in the hands of Philippine National Police officers—in the guise of an anti-drug operation--triggered an international outcry, reports Inquirer.net.
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Israel have reached their highest number in the last five years, according to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Tel-Aviv. The deployment of OFWs rose from 2,288 in 2015 to 2,850 in 2016 or by 24.56 percent, reports Inquirer.net.
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