15 Taiwanese face raps for hurting OFWs

Fifteen Taiwanese, mostly teenagers, will face charges of physical injuries for hurting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Fifteen Taiwanese, mostly teenagers, will face charges of physical injuries for hurting overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano stressed the need to create a separate department that would take care of the overseas Filipino workers amid reports of harassment the Filipinos have been facing in Taiwan following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in the Philippine waters.

Monday’s clash between Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) army and the M23 rebels in North-Kivu Province left at least 19 dead and 27 others injured, the government official said on Tuesday.

Deputy chairman of the Commission IX of the House of Representatives Irgan Mahfiz accused PT Freeport Indonesia of neglecting the security of its workers.

The problems about street children will be lessened if not totally solved if all barangays will be functional and be active partners in providing foster parental care to the children.

The city government has turned over P6.1 million worth of school building project bringing to a total of 51.2 million projects given to the Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College in five years.

The Court of Appeals has issued a writ of injunction on several court orders in connection with the development of the Philippine property in Nampeidai district in Tokyo, Japan.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue-Isabela has reminded all local candidates in the just concluded mid-term elections to pay campaign fund taxes to the government’s revenue collecting agency.

One Afghan civilian was killed and five others were wounded Wednesday morning when an improvised bomb went off in Ghazni city, the provincial capital of eastern Ghazni province, police said.

Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) Head Amadeo Perez sees politics in Taiwan’s handling of the death of a Taiwanese fisherman in the Philippines.
