Tag: Department of Foreign Affairs

DFA: Libyan high court acquits seven Filipino seafarers of economic sabotage

(Eagle News) — Seven Filipino seafarers who were accused of attempting to smuggle six million liters of fuel in Libya have been acquitted. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Arthur Soria Taleno, master; Fulgencio Pederito Eulogio, first officer; Claro Camintay Allera, second officer; Abraham Senara Naduma Jr., third officer; Ronnie Lumales Moniya, chief engineer; Gil Dellupac Cruzada, second engineer; and Aldwin Salang-oy Emperada, third engineer;  of the M/T L:evante were ordered released […]

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DFA exhausting “all diplomatic avenues, legal remedies” in a bid to save Filipina on Saudi death row

(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday, March 1, said it was exhausting all “diplomatic avenues and legal remedies” to save a Filipina who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. The DFA issued the statement after  the Saudi Court of Appeals affirmed the  sentence of the Filipina on Thursday, Feb. 28, for killing her employer in Makkah three years ago. The Filipina, who was  a minor when she was deployed to Saudia Arabia in […]

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Locsin says no need to review MDT; “In vagueness lies the best deterrence,” he says

(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes there is no need to review the Mutual Defense Treaty to ensure the United States will come to its aid should China attack the Asian country over the dispute in the South China Sea. “In vagueness lies the best deterrence,” Locsin said in a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday, March 1. “We are very […]

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Amid rising tension between India, Pakistan, DFA issues advisory to Filipinos

(Eagle News)—The Department of Foreign Affairs warned Filipinos in India and Pakistan to take the necessary precautions amid the rising tension between the two countries. In a statement, the DFA also urged Filipinos to avoid any travel to Kashmir region, where a confrontation between Indian and Pakistani jets ensued. There are no Filipinos living in Kashmir but there are seven Filipino military observers serving with the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, […]

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DFA: Filipino student drowns in Australia

(Eagle News) — A Filipino student drowned off Australian waters on Monday, Feb. 25. The Department of Foreign Affairs did not give a name but said the 24-year-old victim who drowned off Flinders Beach in North Stradbroke Island was studying at Queensford College in Brisbane, based on a report from Ambassador to Australia Ma. Hellen De la Vega. The DFA extended its condolences to the victim’s family, who has requested its assistance in the repatriation […]

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DFA: No Filipinos aboard Biman Bangladesh flight which man attempted to hijack

(Eagle News)–No Filipinos were aboard the Biman Bangladesh flight which one man had attempted to hijack. This is according to the Department of Foreign Affairs that issued a statement on Sunday, Feb. 24. One man was arrested after he allegedly took out a gun after the plane took off from Chittagong in Bangladesh to Dubai. The plane, Flight BG-147, managed to turn around and return to the Chattogram airport, where all 142 passengers were evacuated.

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Iran’s deputy foreign minister pays courtesy call on Locsin

(Eagle News)–Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi has gone on a visit to the Philippines, and paid a courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday, Feb. 21. In a brief statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the Iranian official met with Locsin at the DFA main office. The DFA said the two discussed the “status of bilateral relations between Manila and Tehran and regional developments.” Diplomatic relations between the two […]

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DFA: 3 Filipino tourists sentenced to jail in HK for using forged docs to open bank accounts

(Eagle News)—-Three Filipino call center employees were sentenced to five months in prison in Hong Kong after they opened bank accounts there using forged documents, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA said the three were meted out a “reduced sentence for pleading guilty to two counts of “using a false instrument” before the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts. The DFA said the call center employees went to Hong Kong as tourists in […]

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DFA opens consular office in Misamis Occidental

(Eagle News)—The Department of Foreign Affairs has opened a new consular office in Clarin, Misamis Occidental. In a statement, the DFA said the new office inaugurated on Feb. 11 “aims to serve the increasing demand for passport and the other consular services” in Zamboanga and Northern Mindanao. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Nick Ferrer said the new office, the 35th in the country and the eighth in Mindanao, will also provide “assistance-to-nationals services” […]

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DFA: Five Filipino sailors missing off Falkland Islands

(Eagle News)—Several Filipinos who are crewmen of a Taiwanese vessel that caught fire off the Falkland Islands have been reported missing. In a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippine Embassy in London said the five Filipinos have been missing since Monday. The DFA said embassy officials were “closely coordinating with relevant authorities and the manning agency of the Filipino seafarers..” It said it was also “ready to provide assistance.” The Taiwanese vessel […]

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Locsin on three-day official visit to Hungary

(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is on official visit to Hungary. In a statement issued on Thursday, Feb. 14, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Locsin is expected to meet his counterpart, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, to discuss “bilateral relations and regional and global developments.” According to the Philippine Embassy in Budapest, Locsin will also call on Hungarian National Assembly Speaker Laszlo Kover and will give a lecture on Philippine foreign policy at the […]

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Filipinos in Haiti advised to take extra precautions as protests continue

(Eagle News)–The Philippine Embassy in the United States has advised Filipinos in Haiti to take extra precautions as anti-government protests reached the fifth day. “We advise our kababayans in Haiti to stay indoors and prepare their personal security plans. If they must venture outdoors, they should avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people,” Philippine Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez said. According to Fitzgerald Brandt, consul general in Haiti, the around 500 Filipinos in the Caribbean […]

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