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MANILA, Philippines, April 22 (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is still waiting for official reports from concerned government agencies before taking official steps against the alleged latest acts of bullying of the Chinese Coast Guards against Filipino fishermen. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, April 20 (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that there is a small chance that a Filipino was caught in the mishap off the Libyan coast were a boat capsized, causing the death of hundreds. The DFA said that the Philippine embassy on Tripoli did not report any Filipino being included in the passenger of said boat. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, April 17 – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) cautions Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and in other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries against submitting fake or fraudulent credentials to get hired, regularized or promoted, in view of the increasing number of Filipinos charged and/or detained for falsification of documents. DFA said the falsification cases handled by the Embassies in the GCC member countries include submission of fake documents […]
ILOILO CITY, PIA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is reminding the public to check the validity of their passports and renew those six months prior to expiry to avoid hassle or inconvenience in scheduled or emergency travel. DFA Iloilo Officer-in-charge Sheila Marie D. Tu said that countries and international airlines require passports with validity of six months before the expiry date. “It is advised that a passport holder check the validity of his/her […]
MANILA, PIA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warns the public of a possible pyramiding scam targeting Filipinos in Kuwait and is reportedly operated by unscrupulous individuals both in the Philippines and Kuwait. After it received reports that an alleged pyramiding investment scam is currently proliferating in Kuwait, the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait has issued an advisory to the Filipino community, recommending that they first conduct the necessary research and verification on the legality […]
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that it is waiting on the decision of the highest court in Indonesia regarding the death penalty of a Filipina due to the crackdown in the said country against illegal drugs.
MANILA, PIA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported the repatriation of seventy-seven (77) overseas Filipino workers from the strife-torn country of Libya. DFA in a statement said the OFWs left Libya on chartered vehicles and were brought to the Tunisian border from where they took commercial flights back to Manila, where they arrived in separate batches on February 27 and March 01. Representatives from the DFA, the Office of the Vice President, the Overseas […]
As the situation worsens in Yemen, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warns overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the said country to leave.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is still confirming reports saying that three Filipinos contracted the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia.
The Department of Finance is hosting a series of related meetings on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) the output of which will form part of the Cebu Action Plan that will be launched during the APEC Finance Ministers Meeting in September in Mactan. The series of APEC meetings started Tuesday, March 3, in Tagaytay City with the Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion. The APEC Public Private Partnership (PPP) Experts Advisory Panel Meeting is set on […]
MANILA, PIA- The Philippine Consulate General in Toronto warns the public of a possible scam targeting nurses and others in health-oriented professions in the Philippines by offering them non-existent jobs in Canada, particularly as caregivers at Ian Anderson House, an in-resident cancer hospice located in Oakville, Ontario. The Consulate General received a report that an invitation is being circulated through e-mail for a two-day seminar, currently scheduled for March 07 to 08, in the Philippines […]
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Albert Del Rosario will not be able to attend the Senate hearing because of the visit of the Czech Deputy Prime Minister.
