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EVACUATED. Philippine Ambassador to Poland Leah Basinag-Ruiz (center, wearing a mask) receives the first 37 Filipinos in Lviv after they were evacuated from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Friday night (Feb. 25, 2022). The number increased to 40 as of February 26. (Photo courtesy of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Sarah Arriola) MANILA - About 40 Filipinos have so far been safely evacuated from Ukraine, with some awaiting repatriating flights in nearby countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. In a statement, the DFA's Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Worker...

UAE is the only non-Commonwealth country the baton is visiting.

After a prolonged legal battle and success in the labour court (Mahakamah Al-Thanfeedh) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and with the active intervention and help of Adv. P.A.Hameed Padubidri, a lawyer and social worker from Udupi based in Riyadh, an expatriate worker from Uppala returned his home country after more than 6 years. 

Her remarks sparked immediate international backlash with everyone from the Israeli Consular General in New York to the Auschwitz Memorial and Antidefamation League taking offense.

The 66-year-old apologized for her controversial remarks on Monday night, but on Tuesday said: 'Words matter and mine are no exception.'