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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has opened its first temporary off-site passport service unit in the Visayas. The DFA said the TOPS site was located in SM Seaside Cebu on the third floor of the Mountain Wing. According to the department, the opening of the site was part of the DFA’s plan to roll out regional TOPS operations to provide passport services to applicants living outside Metro Manila. The DFA said TOPS SM […]
(Eagle News) — Sixty-seven more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 23384. Meanwhile, 118 additional recoveries pushed the total recoveries among Filipinos abroad to 13663. No additional deaths have been reported, which means the death toll remains at 1389. The Middle East and Africa are the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries among overseas Filipinos, […]
(Eagle News) — Operations in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in Antipolo are suspended until Oct. 1. The DFA said the suspension–which started on Sept. 27–was after personnel tested positive for COVID-19, with the rest considered as close contacts. According to the department, the suspension of operations would allow for a thorough disinfection of premises and was in compliance with the isolation and quarantine guidelines imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional 121 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 23,277. Seventy-four additional recoveries pushed the total recoveries among Filipinos abroad to 13,465. Two additional fatalities were reported, pushing the total COVID-19 fatalities among Filipinos outside the country to 1,387. According to the data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions […]
Consular office operations suspended until Sept. 24 (Eagle News) — Operations in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in Clarin Town Center in Misamis Occidental are suspended until September 24. The DFA said this was after several of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. The department, however, did not say how many contracted the virus. It said the suspension of operations starting Sept. 21 would allow for a thorough disinfection of its premises and […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 300 overseas Filipinos were repatriated by the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon recently, its largest batch of repatriates so far, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the department, the 280 overseas Filipinos who were sent home on Sept. 12 were primarily composed of undocumented and distressed Filipinos in Lebanon. Two Filipinos from Lebanon with medical conditions, as well as five repatriates from Syria also joined the sweeper flights which first landed in Manama, […]
(Eagle News) — Operations in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular offices in Robinsons Galleria, Quezon City, and in Calasiao in Robinsons Place Pangasinan are still suspended until September 24. The DFA said the continued suspension was because personnel continue to be in isolation and in quarantine, respectively, pursuant to the guidelines imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) and the Department of Health (DOH). The operations of the […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty Filipinos remain in Afghanistan as the government continues its repatriation efforts. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, only two of the 20, however, have requested repatriation. The rest, it said, expressed their intent to stay in the country for work reasons. According to the department, so far, 191 Filipinos have already left the country. The department said the Philippine embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan continues to closely monitor the status of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has announced the suspension of operations in its two consular offices in Santiago City, Isabela and Tagum, Davao del Norte after several personnel tested positive for COVID-19. According to the DFA, the suspension of operations in the consular offices in the GMall of the Tagum shopping center, and in Robinsons Place Santiago is in effect until Sept. 14 and Sept. 17, respectively, to allow for a thorough […]
(Eagle News) — Operations at the Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular offices in Robinsons Galleria, Quezon City, and in Calasiao, Pangasinan located in Robinsons Place are suspended from September 13 to 17. The DFA said this was after 12 personnel–10 from the consular office in Quezon City and two from Calasiao—tested positive for COVID-19. Other personnel assigned to those offices have been identified as close contacts. “As such, both Consular Offices have temporarily suspended operations […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs Consular Office in SM Megamall will remain closed from Sept. 6 to 10. According to the DFA, this was to allow for a disinfection of the premises and to comply with the isolation and quarantine guidelines imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Department of Health after 11 of its personnel tested positive for COVID-19. Affected applicants for the period will be […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, the 193 additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos outside the country to 22906. Over 100, or 120, more recoveries were reported, pushing the recovery total 12928. COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad are now at 1369 with the addition of two deaths. “Compared to last week’s figures, the total number of COVID-19 […]
