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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has urged Filipinos in Libya to exercise caution when they travel following the spate of attacks there. The DFA issued the advisory even as it announced that tensions from the recent clashes in Tripoli had disappeared, and that the situation had returned to normal. The agency said no Filipinos were affected in the latest clashes. “But anywhere when clashes take place, there is always the danger to […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Leila de Lima has called for a probe into the “passport data breach” at the Department of Foreign Affairs. “The right to privacy is a fundamental human right and is central to the protection of human dignity. Privacy and protection of personal data must be safeguarded and guaranteed by no less than the state itself,” she said in filing Senate Resolution No. 988. According to De Lima, the DFA “failed to immediately implement appropriate measures […]
(Eagle News) — Three Filipinas were arrested in Thailand for raising funds allegedly for a children’s charity, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA, without naming names, said the women, who claimed to represent the Children’s Joy Foundation, were nabbed in front of a restaurant in Phettrakul in Bang Lamung district in Pattaya. “Ambassador to Thailand Mary Jo Aragon said the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok has already reached out to the […]
(Eagle News)—Another Filipino drowned in New Zealand, the second such incident in days, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday, Jan. 17. In a statement, the Philippine Embassy in Wellington said the victim, a 20-year-old, drowned in Whanganui River, 150 kilometers northwest of Wellington on Wednesday, Jan. 16. His body was recovered the day after. According to the DFA, last week, student Kent Espinosa, also drowned. In October, the DFA said another Filipino also drowned […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV urged Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to stay away from social media and to focus first on his job as the country’s top diplomat. Trillanes gave the “unsolicited advice” after Locsin said the Department of Foreign Affairs former passport maker, Oberthur Technologies, made away with passport applicants’ data, then later clarified the data was merely “made inaccessible.” The National Privacy Commission has, however, launched a probe into […]
(Eagle News) — All 17 Filipino seafarers who were rescued from a burning ship off Nova Scotia have arrived safely in Halifax, the Philippine Embassy in Canada reported. In a Facebook post, Halifax vice consul Elizabeth Eustaquio-Domondon said the seafarers were “in high spirits” and were being assisted by their fleet manager in their return to the Philippines. She said members of the Filipino community have also met with the seafarers and provided them with food and […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs assured the families of the seven Filipino seafarers who were detained in Libya that it was exerting best efforts to bring them home. In a statement, the DFA said Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. already held a meeting “with the Libyan official on the sides of the Global Compact for Migration meeting in Morocco last month.” “The Secretary reiterated his request to Libyan Embassy Chargé d’Affaires […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has asked the assistance of Indonesian authorities after the family of a Filipina who had only gone on vacation in Bali was reported missing by her family. In a statement, the DFA said the embassy in Indonesia filed a missing persons report for Ella Balmaceda Paaño, a resort worker at Coron. Earlier, Paaño’s sisters traveled to Manila from Camarines Sur to ask the DFA to help them locate […]
(Eagle News)–The remains of the newlyweds who drowned while on their honeymoon in the Maldives have been flown to Sri Lanka. In a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 16, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the remains of Leomer Lagradilla and his wife Erika left the Maldives on board a Sri Lankan Airlines flight for Colombo at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday, Manila time. The couple’s remains will be embalmed in the Asian country before they are flown […]
(Eagle News) – “The presentation of birth certificate in the application for the renewal of passport shall not be required” anymore by the Department of Foreign Affairs. This was according to Department Order No. 03-2019 on the “Documentary Requirements for the Renewal of Regular Passports” signed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., on Tuesday, January 15. Locsin said that the department “recognizes the need to enhance the convenience of and unburden the public and […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, said he would issue an order that would remove the submission of birth certificates as a requirement for passport renewals. “Old passport is more than sufficient,” Locsin said in a Tweet. According to Locsin, “in one hour, I will have the text of the order I’ve been dying to give to resolve a more (sic) blockage in passport processing system.” Locsin issued the […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Foreign Affairs will shoulder the repatriation costs of the remains of the Filipino newlyweds who drowned while on their honeymoon in the Maldives. In a Facebook post, Nikko Quiogue, friend of victims Erika and Leomer Lagradilla, said the information was relayed to him by Leomer’s sister Mhapz, after the family met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. The DFA tweeted a picture of the meeting, tweeting alongside it Locsin’s condolences […]
