Representatives of different cultures meet with Chief Executive aspirant, Leung Chun-ying on Jan. 11 
Ang mga nagpa-rehistro sa Overseas Absentee Voting mobile registration sa Sts. Peter and Paul church (Yuenlong) noong Jan. 15
Newly inducted PAHK Board of Directors in a photo op with Congen Noel Servigon.
Leaders belie rumors that FDHs now limited to 3 terms
By Daisy CL Mandap
"For good." That is what the HK Immigration Department reportedly stamps on the passport of foreign domestic helpers who have completed three or more contracts. The idea is that all FDHs are now allowed to work in Hong Kong for a maximum of six years so they do not qualify for right of abode, which requires an applicant to have lived continuously in HK for at least seven years. Details...


View print version
of The SUN:
The Sun Part 1
The Sun Part 2
The Sun Part 3

OPINION   
Editor's Note
Rumors
Details...
Anak Araw
Mag-ingat: may parating na sakit
Details...
Migrant's Forum
Pap smear sa tulong ng Rhapsody-HK Advocates
Details...
BUHAY PINAY   
Helper gets suspended sentence for hitting ward

See this month's stories...

NEWS FROM HOME   
Impeachment trial inches on

See this month's stories...

COMMUNITY   
Macau's `Debutantes' sweeps Sinulog contests

See this month's stories...

PINOY JOKES   
Celebration

See this month's stories...

Chinese Horoscope   
Ano ang hatid ng Pebrero sa iyo

See this month's stories...

DIY Travel   
Tai Po Cycling Track
Naaalala mo pa ba kung kailan ka huling sumakay ng bisikleta?
See this month's stories...

Tribong Pinoy  
Sama-samang mga Ilokano
Malumay, malumi, mabilis o maragsa - natatandaan mo pa ba ang iyong balarilang Pilipino? Depende sa uri ng bigkas, ang salitang-ugat na "sama" ay may dalawang tila magkasalungat na kahulugan. Pagkaka-isa o alitan?
See this month's stories...

Your Daily News   
  GMANews
  Phil. Daily Inquirer
  Manila Times

  February 2012 HONG KONG NEWS   
Stranded travellers demand relief from travel agency
By Daisy C.L. Mandap
At least four overseas Filipino workers who were forced to spend nearly two days at Chek Lap Kok airport during the holiday rush because of unconfirmed flight reservations are demanding an inquiry into their case. Details...

OAV outreach, tuloy-tuloy na
Ni Tessie A. Agsipo
Umabot sa 54 ang nagpa-rehistro sa sa pangalawang Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) mobile registration na ginanap noong ika-15 ng Enero sa Sts. Peter and Paul church sa Yuen Long. Details...

Philhealth cancels premium hike
More than 100 overseas Filipino workers staged a protest on Jan. 15 outside the building housing the Consulate to denounce a plan by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) to increase its membership premium by 150 percent. This was despite Philhealth's decision to suspend the plan to increase the premium payments from Php900 ($167) to Php2,400 ($445) starting July this year. Details...

Traffic mishap victim's appeal
A Flipina pictured shortly after she was hit by a bus in Central on Jan. 24 has asked the Consulate for help in putting a stop to the circulation of her photo on Facebook. Details...

PAHK officers' vow
By Daisy CL Mandap
A more responsive PAHK. That is what the new officers of the 50-year-old Philippine Association of Hong Kong promised when they took their oath of office before Consul General Noel Servigon on Jan. 18 at the Consulate. Details...

Trafficked Pinay seeks plea change
By Jan Yumul
A Filipina who claims to have been trafficked into Hong Kong has told the Shatin Court that she decided to plead guilty to breaching two immigration laws because of an advice that she could get off with a lighter sentence. Details...





FEATURES
Singson: Home at last after serving time in HK jail
Former lawmaker Ronald V. Singson is back in circulation in Manila, less than a month after being released from a Hong Kong jail for drug trafficking. Singson was fetched on a private jet by his father, Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson on Jan. 14, after he was released from Tung Tau Correctional Jail where he served a total of 10 months and 20 days.
Details...

Minorities seek education reform, equality in talks with CE candidate
About three dozen people have called for discussing ethnic minority issues at governmental level, during a consultation meeting with Chief Executive aspirant Leung Chun-ying at his campaign office in Central on Jan. 11.
Details...

For more features, click here
For list of features in 2002 and earlier, click here

PEOPLE
Gabby, the gifted child-singer
Nearly everybody loves music, yet not everyone can sing.

But little Gabrielle Angela J. Causing or Gabby, who at age four, still has to learn how to read, makes singing sounds so easy. She has a way with music that many people who have seen her sing find stupefying.
Details...

New `weloff' on auspicious start to Hong Kong posting
A new officer at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has taken up her post on an auspicious day, shortly before Hong Kong rang in the start of the Year of the Dragon.
Details...

For more People stories, click here

  4 www.sunweb.com | The SUN Internet Edition | All rights reserved