A Manila office of a Dubai-based firm has been shut down and charged for illegally recruiting Filipinos to work abroad, offering them fake jobs in Italy and Malta, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Tuesday.
Landslides and floods caused by heavy rains in Davao and Caraga regions left 16 people dead, with the cost of agricultural damage rising to ₱78 million, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Tuesday.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines commits to eliminate the communist insurgency in the country within the year with only 11 groups left in a weakened state.