International Roundup

According to Canadian officials, Ontario will spend $5.8 million over the next three years to help internationally trained people find employment in the province. The money will fund 15 new training programs designed to help up to 1,400 foreign-trained people. The training will be available to health-care professionals such as optometrists, pharmacists, social workers and nurses, as well as foresters, university professors, teachers and French speaking professionals.

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The Bureau of Immigration is ready to resume the registration of about 5,000 undocumented Indonesians staying in Mindanao this week after the Department of Foreign Affairs reduced its registration fee. The Indonesian Immigration Commissioner last week signed an order re-launching registration on January 26 after the DFA lowered the fee from the 1,010 pesos to 410 pesos per registrant. The program was initiated after a survey conducted by the bureau six years ago showed that there were more than 7,000 undocumented Indonesians staying in Mindanao, many of whom have been on the island two to three generations ago.

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