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(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 […]
(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.
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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” […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono will visit the Philippines this month. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Kono will undertake the official visit from Feb. 9 to 11, upon the invitation of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. According to the DFA, on Feb. 10, Locsin will hold bilateral discussions with Kono on “areas of mutual interest, including political, economic and people-to-people engagement, especially Japan’s support for infrastructure development […]
(Eagle News) — Two Filipinos were among those killed in a fire that razed an apartment building in Paris, France on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The Department of Foreign Affairs made the announcement after receiving confirmation from the Crisis Center of the Paris Prefecture that the couple were among ten killed in the blaze on Rue Erlanger at the 16th Arrondissement of the city. Earlier, the embassy had already been assisting the couple’s daughter, who had […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 31, expressed condolences to the family of the Filipino maid who was executed for murder in Saudi Arabia. “I would like to express our condolences to the bereaved family of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has been executed,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo issued the statement hours after the Department of Foreign Affairs announced the 39-year-old, who has not been identified, was meted out the sentence by […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipina domestic helper who was found guilty of murder was executed in Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday, Jan. 31. Ambassador Adnan Alonto told the DFA main office the sentence was carried out against the 39-year-old on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Alonto said the embassy provided her with a lawyer to assist her in all stages of her trial, sent representatives to visit her, and provided her family […]
