MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs launches a short film documentary which is part of the said department’s information drive regarding the West Philippine Sea. The said department added that the information campaign is not meant to increase tensions between China and the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin)
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DFA, waiting for official report before protesting
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)
PHL gov’t evacuates 99 Filipinos from Yemen
The Crisis Management Team (CMT), led by Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ezzedin Tago, along with officials and personnel from the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah, successfully evacuated ninety-nine (99) Filipino nationals from Yemen. This group is composed of 54 men, 43 women and two infants. The Department of Foreign Affairs said, the group traveled on a convoy of two buses. They left the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah […]
37 provinces in Typhoon Chedeng’s flightpath, alerted
Six regions and 37 provinces would be directly hit by Typhoon Chedeng as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at around past 11pm last night. The following are the provinces within the typhoon’s 75 km radius: ABRA AURORA BENGUET IFUGAO ILOCOS SUR ISABELA KALINGA LA UNION MOUNTAIN PROVINCE NUEVA ECIJA NUEVA VIZCAYA PANGASINAN QUIRINO The provinces within Typhoon Chedeng’s 150 km radius: APAYAO BULACAN CAGAYAN CAMARINES NORTE CATANDUANES ILOCOS NORTE PAMPANGA QUEZON RIZAL […]
PH to Int’l Community: Press for the cessation of West Philippine Sea reclamation
Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Evan P. Garcia called anew on the international community to press for a cessation of massive reclamation activities in the South China Sea. “Such unbridled reclamation activity worsens an already sensitive geopolitical situation and raises the specter of increasing militarization,” Undersecretary Garcia said at the 17th ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) held in New Delhi on March 14. Concerns regarding recent developments in the South China Sea were discussed at the […]
DFA brings home 77 OFWs from Libya
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 […]
MERS-CoV affects Filipinos in Saudi Arabia
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.
Filipinos in Toronto warned against possible employment scam
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 […]
US, no involvement in Mamasapano Operations – DFA
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Evan Garcia said that the United States had no involvement in any plans and operations against terrorist Zulkipli Bin Hir alias Marwan, which resulted in the deaths of 44 SAF Commandos. USec Garcia also added that the Mamasapano operation was “100 percent Filipino”. He insisted that under the 1987 Constitution, US participation in any combat operation is prohibited. He added that the US could help in intelligence gathering, training and evacuation of […]
APRUB – Blas F. Ople program Center and Training Institute
Ang Blas F. Ople program Center and Training Institute ay itinatag noong August 22, 2004. Ito ay isang nonprofit organization at ipinangalan sa isang dating secretary ng DOLE at ng DFA at nang dati ring senador Blas F. Ople. Ang organisasyong ito ay tumutulong at nagbibigay lunas sa mga problema na hinaharap ng mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) at ng kanilang mga pamilya na nakararanas ng hirap.
Foreign Affairs Sec. Del Rosario not able to attend Senate hearing
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.
DFA, magsasagawa ng passport renewal sa Palawan
Magsasagawa ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ng passport application at renewal sa bayan ng Coron, lalawigan ng Palawan.





