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(Eagle News) — Twenty-three more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18380. Four more have recovered, also pushing the recovery total to 11274. The death toll is now at 1147, with the addition of two deaths. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries and those under treatment saw a slight decrease […]
(Eagle News) — Twelve more COVID-19 cases were reported among overseas Filipinos. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18325. Thirteen more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 11233. No additional fatalities among Filipinos outside the country were reported, which means the death toll due to COVID-19 remains at 1145. According to the DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the […]
(Eagle News) — The Tuguegarao consular office will attend to only emergency and urgent cases until April 30. The Department of Foreign Affairs said this was since only skeleton work teams will be deployed on-site, with the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine in the city until that date. The DFA said emergency and urgent cases include medical emergencies or cases of returning OFWs with documents supporting proof of urgency (e.g. medical certificate, employment […]
(Eagle News) — Fifteen more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18237. Nine additional recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 11190. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries saw a slight decrease to 61.36,” the DFA said. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 1,126, including the three additional deaths among […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has lodged two new diplomatic protests against China. In a statement released on Friday, April 23, the DFA said the new protests were due to the “continued unauthorized presence and activities” of 160 Chinese fishing vessels, Chinese maritime militia vessels and other vessels in Philippine waters. The department said the vessels were observed “within the territorial sea of high tide features in the Kalayaan Island Group, in […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-three more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos overseas to 18218. Nineteen more have recovered, also pushing the COVID-19 recovery total to 11,181. One additional death was reported, bringing the COVID-19 death toll to 1,122. “To date, the total number of countries and territories with confirmed cases among Filipinos remains at 91,” the department said. […]
(Eagle News) — Ten Filipino seafarers who were kidnapped off the coast of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea have arrived in the Philippines. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the seafarers arrived at the Clark airport on April 19. Their return was made possible through close coordination between the Philippine government, through its Embassies in Abuja and The Hague, the Dutch owners of the tanker and the local manning agency Elburg Ship Management Philippines […]
Presence of China’s warships contributing to militarization of area, says NTF-WPS (Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs filed another diplomatic protest against China for the continuing presence of its ships in the West Philippine Sea, as the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) reported not only the presence of Chinese militia ships, but more disturbingly Chinese warships as well. The NTF-WPS again demanded the immediate withdrawal of Chinese ships and […]
(Eagle News) –Seventeen more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the latest Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 17099. COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos also rose, now at 1083, with the addition of 14 deaths, DFA data showed. The DFA said all additional COVID-19 cases and fatalities were reported in the Middle East. Recoveries among Filipinos abroad remain at 10122. According to […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs will maintain a reduced workforce “until further notice.” The DFA said in a statement on Wednesday, March 31, that this was after 88 of its personnel–mostly frontline personnel–tested positive for COVID-19 for the month of March, the highest number of COVID-19 cases reported by the department since the start of the pandemic. The department said the “significant surge” in COVID-19 cases among its personnel was “consistent with […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs will suspend operations in some of its offices following the announcement of an enhanced community quarantine in the Greater Manila Area. In an advisory, the DFA said its office in ASEANA Business Park in Parañaque City and its consular offices in Metro Manila, Antipolo, Dasmarinas, San Pablo, and Malolos will be closed from March 29 to 31. Below is the revised appointment schedule of individuals whose original […]
(Eagle News) — Nineteen more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad–whether active or not–to 15967. Two more deaths pushed the COVID-19 deaths to 1047. The DFA said 25 more overseas Filipinos have recovered, pushing the recovery total to 9691. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 […]
