The Malaysian government has pardoned three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on death row in Sabah. Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, said Wednesday the three OFWs have been spared the...

Filipinos and Malaysians have already raised an initial amount of RM3,142.00 ($1,000) for the Philippine National Red Cross to help victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong.” Guests at the Christmas Dinner Ball hosted by the Philippine Embassy’s Filipino...

The Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur called yesterday for closer collaboration among law enforcement authorities in Southeast Asia in the campaign against illegal drugs, even as it cited recent gains in the collaboration between Philippine and Malaysian...

The Philippine government asked Malaysian authorities to commute the death sentences of four Filipinos in Sabah, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. The request was relayed to the Malaysian government by Philippine Ambassador Victoriano Lecaros,...

Due to escalating tensions in Libya, the government’s Alert Level No. 4 remains, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Alert 4 strongly urges the 15,000-plus Filipinos still in the north African country to leave. http://www.newsgates.com/ Foreign...

The government is retaining the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Nigeria, and Somalia, mainly because of the unstable and volatile security situation in these countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs...

Of the more than 32,600 sailors who benefited from Japan’s Self-Defense Force’s “anti-piracy operations” in the Gulf of Aden during the past 18 months, at least 10,607 were Filipinos, according to the Japanese Embassy in Pasay City....