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Number of Ukrainian evacuees to Japan reaches 1,000

Kyodo News
Posted at May 22 07:12 AM

The number of evacuees from Ukraine to Japan since Russia's invasion of the Eastern European country in February reached 1,000, authorities said. Read more »

Analyst to young people: OK to leave PH but come back

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:27 PM

If young people want an alternative "to a Duterte or a Marcos in 2028," then you better start campaigning now, former Ateneo School of Gov't Dean Tony La Viña told ANC. Read more »

7.1 million internally displaced in Ukraine, UN says

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 10:22 PM

Beyond the estimated 7.1 million IDPs, ‘more communities in need remain trapped’, said the UN's International Organization for Migration. Read more »

More than 1.2 million refugees flee Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 03:02 AM

The UN children's agency UNICEF estimates that around half a million of them are youngsters. Read more »

Canada opens doors to more immigrants in 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 12:24 PM

Canada is opening its doors to more immigrants in 2022, its embassy in the Philippines announced Thursday. Read more »

Migrants sew their mouths shut in quest for Mexico passage to US border

Jose Torres, Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 01:34 PM

A dozen undocumented migrants sewed their mouths shut in a bid to convince Mexico immigration authority to grant them passage toward the U.S. border. Read more »

4 people including baby freeze to death near US-Canada border

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 07:58 AM

Canadian authorities found the bodies of 4 people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few meters from the US border. Read more »

One-year old migrant crossed Med sea alone: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 08:30 AM

A one-year-old boy believed to have been sent by his parents to make the dangerous Mediterranean crossing alone has made it safely to the island of Lampedusa, Italian media reports said Saturday. Read more »

PH temporarily stops deployment of new HSWs to Saudi

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 09:48 AM

The Department of Labor and Employment has ordered the temporary suspension of deployment of newly hired household service workers (HSWs) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Read more »

More students enrolled in basic education for SY 2021-2022, says DepEd

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 02:38 PM

More than 27.2 million students enrolled in basic education this school year, which is 3.8 percent higher than the number of enrolled students from the previous year. Read more »

Daijobou (It's alright) Yuka-chan, daijobou

Jijil Jimenez
Updated as of Nov 05 09:56 PM

Choose, Yuka-chan, and be done with it. There will always be a part of you that will forever be Filipino as you take on the world. Read more »

We are so like Wesley So

Jijil Jimenez
Posted at Oct 27 10:49 PM

In the grand chessboard of life, we are all like Wesley, making our moves in a game where even a pawn, always the first to be sacrificed, can aspire to rise above its lowly station to become Queen, Bishop, Knight or Rook. Read more »

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 »