MANILA — Majority of Filipinos are supportive of the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill amid objections of the dominant Catholic Church in the country, according to a survey Tuesday. Survey firm Pulse Asia disclosed that 69 percent of Filipinos are in favor of the hotly-debated measures while only seven percent are against them. Read rest [...]

MANILA — Ambassador Roy Cimatu said Tuesday that Filipino workers in Korea are safe as the situation there remains relatively normal despite tension between North and South Korea. “Business as usual. Schools are open. Small children are going to school,” Cimatu said. Read rest of story

MANILA — A progressive group warned the government against involving itself in the Korean conflict, saying it would be disastrous to follow the United States-led provocation in North Korea. Bagong Alyansang Makabayan’s (Bayan) call came amid views that the country may be “obliged” to get involved in the conflict because of the RP-US Mutual Defense [...]

MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) clarified Sunday that there is no ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to South Korea despite security tension in the Korean Peninsula. Lawyer Ed Malaya, spokesperson of the DFA, said the government only delayed by a week the departure of 50 workers to jobs in South [...]