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Football: Marañon stays positive while waiting for Filipino citizenship

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 05:31 PM

United City's Bienvenido Marañon chose to remain optimistic despite anxiously waiting for his naturalization papers to be approved. Read more »

Children of war: UNHCR focuses on stateless Japanese descendants in Philippines

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 29 07:10 AM

MANILA - A report on people without a nationality who live in the Philippines has been issued by the local office of the U.N. refugee agency, drawing attention to Filipinos of Japanese descent seeking citizenship of Japan. Read more »

UAAP: Local or import? Angara questions status of Kouame if naturalized

Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 05:11 PM

But Gordon said that counting Kouame as an “import” once he becomes naturalized suppresses his rights and privileges as a citizen of the Philippines. Read more »

UAE to offer citizenship to selected expats in rare move for Gulf

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 12:38 AM

"Investors, specialized talents and professionals including scientists, doctors, engineers, artists, authors and their families" are qualified. Read more »

UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship, angering China

Yew Lun Tian and William James, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 11:12 PM

BEIJING/LONDON - Britain on Friday hailed a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China's crackdown but Beijing said it would no longer recognize special British passports offered to residents of the former colony. Read more »

Japan court rules ban on multiple nationality constitutional

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 21 01:59 PM

A Japanese court ruled Thursday that the country's nationality law, which forbids multiple nationality, is constitutional, in a judicial decision believed to be the first concerning the regulation. Read more »

EU takes legal action against 'golden passport' schemes in Cyprus, Malta

Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 09:25 PM

BRUSSELS - The European Union's executive said on Tuesday it was launching legal action against Cyprus and Malta over their investor citizenship programs, also known as "golden passport" schemes.   Read more »

OPINION: Urban planning for dummies

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Aug 30 02:41 AM

Elements of urban planning form a concept of life that ought to be wired into our beings, albeit subconsciously, as second nature. Thus, we become truly "concerned citizens,” responsible contributing participants in the nation’s polity.  Read more »

Looming fee increase could thwart many US citizenship applications

Hailey Fuchs, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 18 12:03 AM

The Trump administration moved late last month to raise the cost of naturalization applications by more than 80% and to substantially tighten eligibility requirements for a subsidized application. Read more »

Refugee educator fired for 'monkey' racist insult at Giannis Antetokounmpo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 05:23 AM

A Greek official responsible for educating refugees was fired on Friday for making racist comments about Greek professional basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria to the country. Read more »

UK offers Hong Kongers citizenship in response to China

Dmitry Zaks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 07:50 AM

Britain on Wednesday extended Hong Kong residents a broader path to citizenship in response to China's sweeping new security law for the former UK territory.   Read more »

OPINION: How dictators stayed in power while ruining the economy

Robert Labayen
Posted at Jun 23 01:35 AM

We have seen throughout history that in many parts of the world, in autocracies or in "democracies", there are people who can get carried away by power. It is obvious, what the world needs is not a better polity but better people to lead and be led. Read more »

'Dual citizens may karapatang mag-may-ari ng negosyo sa Pilipinas'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 07:57 PM

Kapwa naniniwala ang Department of Justice at Securities and Exchange Commission na ang mga may dual citizenship ay may karapatan na mag-may-ari ng negosyo sa Pilipinas gaya ng isang Pilipino. Read more »

Citizenship ni Gabby Lopez muling tinalakay sa House franchise hearing

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 07:40 PM

"Alam nyo po I'm already 68 years old. My record over the last 35 is in the public records... Time and again I have shown that my actions always favor the Filipinos," ani ABS-CBN chairman emeritus Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III.  Read more »

Gabby Lopez voted in 2016 US polls as dual citizen: Lagman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 07:00 PM

Congressmen on Monday questioned former ABS-CBN chairman Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III's allegiance and citizenship, taking issue with his voting record both in the Philippines and in the United States and possession of 2 passports. Read more »

Gabby Lopez 'inevitably qualified' to own, manage ABS-CBN: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 09 09:04 AM

ABS-CBN chairman emeritus Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III is "inevitably qualified" to own and manage a mass media company since there is no distinction between Filipinos and dual citizens under Philippine laws, a lawmaker said Monday. Read more »

ABS-CBN chair emeritus Gabby Lopez asked to recite PH 'patriotic oath' in franchise hearing

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 09 03:32 PM

Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III was asked to recite the Philippine "Patriotic Oath" as congressmen continued to pounce Monday on his dual citizenship, alleging that it raised a conflict of interest when he headed shuttered media network ABS-CBN. Read more »

SEC agrees, dual citizens are '100 percent Filipino'

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 07:23 PM

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday, it shared the view of the Justice Department that dual citizens are also 100 percent Filipino, its commissioner said.  Read more »

ABS-CBN's Gabby Lopez: I am a Filipino citizen ‘in thought, word, deed’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 03:07 PM

ABS-CBN Corp. chairman emeritus Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III on Monday said he is a Filipino "in thought, word and deed" as lawmakers continued scrutinizing his citizenship during a congressional hearing on the network's proposed fresh franchise.  Read more »

ABS-CBN's Gabby Lopez grilled for 3 hours on citizenship, passport issues

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 11:02 AM

MANILA - ABS-CBN Chairman Emeritus Eugenio Gabby Lopez III on Wednesday broke his silence on allegations he was not a Filipino citizen when he became owner and top executive of ABS-CBN, which is being used by those opposing a new broadcast franchise for the network because the 1987 Constitution limits mass media ownership to Filipinos only. Read more »