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(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs reported 94 new cases of COVID-19 involving overseas Filipinos, bringing the total number to 1,084 as of Tuesday, April 21, 2020. “[T]oday the DFA reports that the total number of Filipinos abroad infected by COVID-19 has breached the 1,000-mark with 94 new cases from the Americas, Europe, and ASPAC”, the DFA said in a statement. Recoveries were recorded at 269, with 153 deaths across 42 countries and […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 116 new COVID-19 cases involving overseas Filipinos, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 984 as of Sunday, April 19. In a statement, the DFA also reported 140 deaths and 259 recoveries involving Filipinos across 42 countries and regions worldwide. “With 25 new deaths from the Americas and Europe, this is the highest reported number of deaths in two weeks,” the statement said. The […]
(Eagle News)- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday, April 16, reported a total of 757 confirmed cases of COVID-19 involving Filipinos overseas. “[A] total of 757 cases among our nationals abroad were recorded by the DFA today (April 16) based on reports from its Foreign Service posts”, the department said in a statement. Of the total confirmed cases, 18 new recoveries and 15 new deaths were also recorded. Four hundred fourteen (414) six […]
(Eagle News) – Passport applicants affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) do not need to reschedule or cancel their confirmed appointments, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced. “Passport applicants with confirmed appointments from 09 March to 30 April 2020 will be accommodated at the CO [Consular Offices) near them or where they made their appointments starting 04 May 2020 until 31 July 2020, Mondays to Fridays, during business hours”, the DFA said in a […]
(Eagle News)- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, April 14, reported a 31.6% increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases involving Filipinos overseas. In a statement, the DFA said that 44 new cases, 22 new recoveries, and 4 additional deaths were recorded as of today, April 14, involving overseas Filipinos in 41 countries/regions. The total number of confirmed cases stands at 704, with 216 recoveries and 88 deaths across 41 countries and […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) marked a milestone on April 10 as it passed the 11,000-person mark in assisted repatriations of overseas Filipinos from around the world. In a Twitter post, the DFA said that as April 10, the total number of land-based and sea-based overseas Filipinos repatriated since February 2020 already reached 11,148, with the arrival of the last batch of seafarers of Mystic Cruises from Lisbon, Portugal Friday […]
(Eagle News)– Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Spokesperson Charles Jose announced on Monday (September 26) that President Rodrigo Duterte is set to fly to Vietnam on Wednesday for a two-day visit. Jose said Duterte will be in Hanoi on September 28 to 29 as part of his introductory visits to neighbor countries. “While in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, the President is scheduled to meet with the state President Trần Đại Quang and pay a courtesy call […]
(Eagle News)– Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Perfecto Yasay said on Wednesday (September 14) that he is prepared to explain to United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte regarding the pullout of US Special Forces from Mindanao. “I’m not sugarcoating it at all… You cannot dissociate, for instance, the fact that when he [Duterte] said that he wants the Americans out, you dissociate it from the fact […]
(Eagle News)– Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Spokesman Charles Jose said on Wednesday (September 7) that President Rodrigo Duterte can still cross paths with US President Barack Obama at the ASEAN Summit in Laos. Jose was optimistic that Duterte’s harsh remarks would not strain the relationship between United States and Philippines. “Sa side natin, sinabi ni President Duterte na he continues to value the alliance with the US and he expresses high regard and affinity […]
Eagle News — Kumpiyansa pa rin ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na papabor sa Pilipinas ang pasya ng Permanent Court of Arbitration sa The Hague, Netherlands. Kasunod ito ng isinampang reklamo ng Pilipinas laban sa China hinggil sa pinagaagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay DFA spokesman Charles Jose, humingi lamang ng paglilinaw ang Pilipinas hinggil sa ‘maritime entitlement’ sa mga coastal states at nakaangkla sa 1982 UN convention on the law of […]
QUEZON CITY, May 27 – A 13-man Philippine Delegation, led by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, took part in the first ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul, Turkey on 23-24 May 2016, to share its vast experience in disaster risk reduction and management. “Our participation in this Summit is a commitment to continue the Philippines’ long tradition of humanitarian assistance… This tradition lives on,” said Sec. Soliman as she […]
