Tag: Philippine Embassy

Tulong para sa anim na Pinoy na nasawi sa sunog sa Riyadh, tiniyak ng pamahalaan

Eagle News – Ayon sa Philippine embassy sa Riyadh, nakikiramay sila sa mga naulilang pamilya ng mga biktima kung saan isa rito ay napag-alamang buntis. Kinilala ang mga namatay na sina Sahara Mapandi, 46, RemaMapandi, walang taong gulang, Ryan Mapandi, pitong taong gulang, Dodio Guiamat, Karen Anne Guiamat, 31 at Aneeka Guiamat, 1 year and 3 months old. Si Karen Anne ay apat na buwang buntis at nagtatrabaho bilang nurse sa Riyadh Military Hospital. Una ng inihayag ni ACTS-OFW partlist Rep. John Bertiz na tulog […]

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Philippines minister in Saudi over stranded workers

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Filipino and Saudi officials are working together to help thousands of stranded workers under a directive from King Salman, a diplomat said Wednesday as the Philippines labor secretary visited. The roughly 11,000 Filipinos are among tens of thousands of workers affected by financial troubles at the kingdom’s major construction firms. “Their salaries have not been paid, some of them for as long as eight months,” Iric Arribas, charge d’affaires at […]

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DFA statement on the Munich shooting

MANILA, Philippines (PIA) July 25 —  The Department of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the Munich shooting. The statement was posted at the DFA website on July 24. “The Philippines offers its sincerest condolences and prayers to a grieving nation and to the family and friends of the victims of the shooting in Munich. The Philippine Government, through the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, is coordinating with German authorities and monitoring the situation closely. The […]

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Pamahalaan pinaalalahanan ang mga Pilipinong nasa China

Eagle News — Pinaalalahanan ng pamahalaan ang mga Pilipinong nasa China na huwag munang tumalakay ng usaping pulitikal sa mga pampublikong lugar maging sa social media. Ito ay bilang paghahanda sa posibleng hindi kaaya-ayang reaksyon sa sandaling ibaba na ng un ‘arbitral tribunal’ ang hatol nito kaugnay sa agawan ng China at Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea. Pinaalalahanan ng Embahada ng Pilipinas sa China ang mga Pilipinong naroon na laging dalhin ang kanilang mga pasaporte […]

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Embassy urges Filipinos to be vigilant in China

BEIJING, China (AFP) — The Philippine embassy in China has warned its citizens to beware of personal “threats” and avoid political debates ahead of a tribunal ruling Tuesday over a bitter dispute in the South China Sea. Manila filed a case with an international tribunal in The Hague in 2013 challenging China, which claims nearly all of the strategically vital sea, even waters approaching the coasts of the Philippines China — whose governing Communist party […]

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Philippine Embassy in Beijing officially opens 2016 overseas voting

MANILA, April 19 – The Philippine Embassy in Beijing commenced the Overseas Voting (OV) for the 2016 National Elections on April 09. Philippine Ambassador to China Erlinda F. Basilio led Embassy officials and staff in the casting of ballots on the first day of voting. The Embassy is presently conducting postal voting wherein ballots are either mailed directly to the voters or to the Embassy address for pick-up by the voters. A total of 899 […]

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Wala pang Pilipinong nadamay sa terrorist attack sa Pakistan PHL Embassy

MANILA, Philippines — Wala pang nata-tanggap na ulat ang Philippine Embassy sa Pakistan kung may Pilipinong nadamay sa huling terrorist attack na ikinasawi ng pitumpung (70) tao. Patuloy naman ang pag-monitor nila sa sitwasyon at handang mag-bigay ng tulong sa mga kababayang apektado ng insidente. Hinimok din nila ang mga pilipinong nanga-ngailangan ng tulong na tumawag sa kanila at nagpahayag ng pakikiramay ang embahada sa mga kamag-anak at kaibigan ng mga nasawi.

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Bodies of Filipinos killed in Iraq fire identified

THE Philippine embassy in Iraq said the 13 Filipino who were killed in the capitol hotel fire in Erbil, Iraq have been identified and the government is now in the process of informing their loved ones. Embassy officials said the victims, all females, were suffocated by the smoke while trying to find their way out in the darkness. There are some 1,000 Filipinos in Kurdistan, mostly hotel and restaurant workers, with some engineers and nurses. […]

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Philippine embassy plans to send OFW remains home immediately

QUEZON City, Philippines — The Kurdistan regional government guaranteed that it will exert all efforts to ensure the immediate repatriation of the remains of the thirteen overseas Filipino workers that died in the conflagration in a hotel in Iraq. Normally, it takes 2-3 weeks before such remains can be repatriated but the Philippine Embassy in Iraq gave its assurance that said remains will be brought back to the country immediately. (Bagdad, Iraq) (Eagle News Service […]

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PHL raises alert level 4 in Iraq; calls for mandatory evacuation of Filipinos

MANILA, June 19 (PNA) — Due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Iraq, the Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday raised crisis alert level or mandatory repatriation of Filipinos for all areas in Iraq except for the northern region of Kurdistan. Under this level, the Philippines undertakes mandatory evacuation procedures at government expense, Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said in a statement. “Filipinos in Iraq will be assisted by the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad […]

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