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There are 6 other Filipino crew members still in India who will be repatriated 'as soon as their exit clearances are issued' Rappler.com Published 12:50 PM, November 18, 2018 Updated 12:50 PM, November 18, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – Most of the Filipino seafarers  stranded in India since June  are now back home in the Philippines. In a statement on Sunday, November 18, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said 15 of the 21 stranded seafarers returned to the country on Saturday, November 17. They had been stranded  at Kakinada Port, more than 1,800 kilometers from New Delhi. They were crew members of  MV Evangelia M , a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier abandoned by its Greek owners. Philippine Ambassador to India Maria Teresita Daza said the 6 other Filipino crew members still in India  will be repatriated  "as soon as their exit clearances are issued." Daza also said the Philippine embassy in New Delhi and t...

Anuj Chopra, Agence France-Presse Posted at  Nov 20 2018 09:47 AM Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a session of the Shura Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Monday.  Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via Reuters RIYADH - Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the country into one of its worst crises. The public prosecutor last week exonerated Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the king's son, of involvement in the murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, but the CIA reportedly concluded he had ordered the assassination. The prosecutor called for the death penalty against 5 men, announced indictments against 11 people, and said a total of 21 individuals were in custody in connection with the killing. "The kingdom was founded on Islamic principles of justice and equality, and we are proud of ...

Tom Westbrook and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters Posted at  Nov 19 2018 04:42 PM APEC leaders pose for a family picture at the APEC Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Saturday.  David Gray, Reuters PORT MORESBY - The C in APEC stands for Cooperation. But when the two biggest members are fighting a trade war and using the forum to attack each other's policies, it was always going to be hard work delivering on that. The weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Port Moresby was one of open disagreement, led by disputes between the United States and China over trade, security, and who would be the better investment partner for the region. As APEC approaches its 30th anniversary, the failure to agree on a communique for the first time calls into question its relevance in a crowded summit calendar and as the Trump Administration makes clear its aversion to multilateralism. "It does mark the death of APEC's founding trade vision," Eu...

ABS-CBN News Posted at  Nov 18 2018 03:54 PM MANILA -- Some of the Filipino seafarers who were abandoned by their ship's owner in India last June have returned to the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Sunday. The DFA said 15 of the 21 Pinoy crew of MV Evangelia M were repatriated on Saturday, while the remaining seafarers will be brought home as soon as their papers are cleared. The agency also said they have coordinated with Evic Human Resource Management for the "payment of their remaining salaries and the provision of legal assistance to the seafarers." "Ambassador (Teresita) Daza said the Embassy and the Consulate General in Chennai also visited the seafarers in Kakinada to look into their situation and provided them with cash assistance," the DFA added.

Andrew BEatty, Agence France-Presse Posted at  Nov 19 2018 08:30 AM Pacific island leaders talk to APEC leaders at the APEC Summit, in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Saturday. David Gray, Reuters PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - With Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin absent and leaders unable even to agree a joint statement, some critics are questioning whether the annual APEC summit is still worth the effort. "Expectations are low and probably won't be fulfilled anyway." That was the brutal if prescient pre-summit prediction of William Reinsch, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The 2-day gathering in Papua New Guinea was almost five years in the making, cost untold millions of US dollars and required the deployment of at least one battleship and three cruise liners. And after all that, leaders came away with little more than 3 family photos and a loud shirt unlikely to be worn again. The grouping was born three decade...

Published  November 18, 2018 2:44pm  A batch of 56 troubled OFWs, which is a part of over a thousand workers promised to be brought home from Saudi Arabia before Christmas, arrived Sunday morning at the NAIA. Super Radyo dzBB reported Sunday morning that the batch arrived at 9:45 a.m. on PAL flight PR 683. Officials from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) welcomed that repatriates and assisted them through processes needed before they could finally be reunited with their families, the report said. Also, OWWA officials said the new arrivals were given financial assistance they expected from the government. Last month, the Labor department said that a total of 1,470 OFWs affected by the lock-out at the Azmeel Contracting Corporation have not been paid their salaries for five months. The Philippine government promised them they would soon be back home. Earlier, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III was quoted as saying they will be ...

ABS-CBN News Posted at  Nov 14 2018 05:10 PM TOKYO - The Japanese government said Wednesday it expects nursing care businesses to accept the largest number of foreign workers among the 14 sectors to be affected under an envisioned immigration control law revision. In an estimate provided to the parliament, which has just started deliberations on a bill to revise the law, the government also affirmed it expects that up to 47,550 foreign workers will enter the country in the first year and 345,150 workers over five years. In a major policy shift for Japan, the bill would create new visa statuses to accept blue-collar foreign workers in sectors deemed seriously short of labor, ranging from construction and farming to nursing care. The program, which will possibly start next April, may also pave the way for them to live permanently in Japan. By sector, the government said nursing care is expected to accept the largest number of up to 60,000 workers in the five-year ...