Taiwan sanctions Philippines despite apology
Taiwan on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the Philippines, including a ban on the hiring of new workers, rejecting an apology by President Benigno Aquino for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman. Philippine coastguards shot dead the 65-year-old last week after they said his vessel illegally sailed into Philippine waters, and...
Manila to apologise to Taipei over fisherman’s shooting
Demonstrators shout anti-Philippine slogans at a rally outside Manila's de facto embassy in Taipei on Tuesday. Manila will send a senior envoy to Taiwan to apologise for the death of a fisherman killed by the Philippine coastguard, Taiwan's Foreign Minister David Lin said last night at a briefing attended by Antonio...
Canadian Ruling Party tightens up foreign-workers program
OTTAWA (29 Apr. 2013) After weeks of public outcry over the scarcity of Canadian jobs, the Conservative government delivered a pink slip Monday to a series of controversial changes it made last year to the temporary foreign workers program. Employers will no longer have flexibility to set the wages for foreign labour, calling...
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