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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 21, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 12:08 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Asylum seekers cross Rio Grande to enter US

Paul Ratje, AFP
Updated as of Sep 21 03:18 PM

Haitian migrants continue to cross the US-Mexico border on the Rio Grande as seen from Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila state, Mexico on September 19, 2021. Read more »

Farmer’s son is highest ranking Filipino nurse in UK

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN Europe New Bureau
Posted at Sep 07 10:59 PM

Edmund Tabay from Iloilo is the highest ranking British-Filipino nurse to hold a very senior manager position in United Kingdom’s National Health Service. Read more »

China's wild elephants head to safety after long trek

David Stanway, Reuters
Posted at Aug 10 02:14 PM

Fourteen wild elephants are heading south towards their protected habitat in southwest China's Yunnan province following a 1,300-km trek. Read more »

Only 15 pct of abused OFWs pursue cases, 58 pct settle: study

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 07:06 PM

Despite encouragement from government and the private sector, abused overseas Filipino workers (OFW) tend to withdraw and settle cases they file against their employers abroad. Read more »

Radio program sa S. Korea ng TFC News correspondent, hall of famer sa media award

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 19 06:15 PM

Kauna-unahang hall of famer sa Migration Advocacy and Media Awards ang radio program na kinabibilangan ni TFC News South Korea correspondent Gennie Kim. Read more »

'World's happiest country' seeks migrants

Sam Kingsley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 03:27 PM

Repeatedly dubbed the happiest nation on the planet with world-beating living standards, Finland should be deluged by people wanting to relocate, but in fact it faces an acute workforce shortage.   Read more »

Herd of wild elephants approaches Chinese city after 500km journey

Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 06:50 PM

A herd of 15 wild elephants was approaching the city of Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, on Wednesday, defying attempts to redirect them after a journey of several hundred kilometers from forests to the south. Read more »

Ilang migrante pumalag sa panukalang departamento para sa OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 01:59 PM

Pumalag ang ilang grupo ng overseas Filipino workers sa panukalang pagtatatag ng kagawaran para sa OFWs.  Read more »

Overseas Filipino groups question proposed Department for OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 02:09 PM

Several organizations of Filipinos working in Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong questioned the proposed Department of Overseas Filipinos or DOFIL saying such an agency runs counter to President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign promise.    Read more »

83% of OFWs still jobless 3 months after returning home: UN migration agency

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 11:38 PM

MANILA - Three months after returning home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 80% of Filipino migrant workers were still unemployed, the UN's migration agency said in a report released Thursday. Read more »

Latest Mediterranean migrants tragedy a time for shame, Pope Francis says

Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 09:26 PM

Pope Francis said on Sunday that "now is the time for shame" after 130 migrants were feared dead in the Mediterranean and a U.N. organisation accused states of not responding to distress calls. Read more »

Climate change driving marine species poleward

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 05:01 PM

Warming waters have driven thousands of ocean species poleward from the equator, threatening marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of people who depend on them, researchers reported Monday. Read more »

Using Shakespeare, Pope Francis makes climate change appeal

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Mar 31 05:52 AM

Francis went on to urge people to work together to protect "creation, our common home" and not "hunker down" in individualism. Read more »

Japan nangangailangan ng libo-libong caregivers: recruitment agency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 07:23 PM

Walang gagastusin ang aplikante dahil sagot ito lahat ng employer at pag nakapasa, US$1,300 o mahigit P60,000 kada buwan ang take home pay. Read more »

Bahrain lauded for protecting Filipinos working there

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 09:52 PM

Foreign affairs officials on Wednesday thanked Bahrain for being a “leader in the region” in protecting migrant workers, including many overseas Filipino workers.    Read more »

Araw ng mga migrante ginunita; dagdag na proteksyon sa OFWs inihirit

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 06:52 PM

Ayon kay Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite, may mga panukalang batas na sa Kamara para tugunan ang hinaing ng mga tripulanteng Pinoy. Read more »

International Migrants Day: Reimagining Human Mobility

Gustavo Gonzalez and Kristin Dadey
Posted at Dec 18 11:39 AM

Read the UN's message honoring OFWs in commemoration of International Migrants Day Read more »

Remittance flows to fall 14% by 2021 as migration falls, says World Bank

Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 01:03 AM

The amount of money migrant workers send home is expected to fall 14% by 2021 compared with levels before the coronavirus pandemic in 2019, the World Bank has estimated.   Read more »

Why Filipino American History Month is celebrated in October

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Updated as of Oct 09 06:12 PM

The United States officially observes and recognizes October every year as the Filipino American History Month. Read more »