More than 250 Filipinos in Ukraine are now out of danger, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday afternoon, March 10. Filipinos from Ukraine to arrive in Manila on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) A total of 259 Filipinos have been taken out of Ukraine, DFA...
Well-paying jobs have been preventing some Filipinos in Ukraine from leaving the war-stricken country, a foreign affairs official said Wednesday, March 9. PH Ambassador to Warsaw Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz and officials from the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw welcome Filipino evacuees as they arrive in...
Close to 200 Filipinos have been taken out of Ukraine amid the ongoing war between that country and Russia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, March 8. Filipinos from Ukraine to arrive in Manila on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Foreign Affairs...
Mandatory evacuation of all Filipinos in Ukraine has been enforced by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) due to the "rapidly deteriorating security situation" in the war-stricken country. Filipinos from Ukraine to arrive in Manila on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the DFA)...
(Photo courtesy: SWS) Forty percent of adult Filipinos believed that their lives "got worse off in the past 12 months," latest survey results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. Based on the survey conducted on Dec. 12 to 16, 2021, 40 percent of the respondents said "their quality-of-life...
Filipinos who are still in Ukraine are asked to leave the war-stricken country before the trains going to Lviv from Kyiv stop operating, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, March 4. Filipinos from Ukraine to arrive in Manila on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (Photo...
Thirteen Filipinos from Ukraine are expected to arrive in the Philippines Tuesday evening, March 1, a Filipino diplomat said. Filipinos from Ukraine to arrive in Manila on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Philippine Ambassador to Poland Leah Basinang-Ruiz confirmed during a...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said more than 100 Filipinos in Hong Kong have so far contracted COVID-19 amid a surge of infections reported there in early February. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN In a Laging Handa press briefing on Monday, Feb. 28, DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs...
While majority of Filipinos in Ukraine want to flee amid Russia's unprovoked assault, the Department of Foreign Affairs said some are choosing to stay and "wait out" the ongoing conflict. PH Ambassador to Warsaw Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz and officials from the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw welcome...
More than 40 Filipinos have so far evacuated Ukraine's capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv and now awaiting repatriation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. PH Ambassador to Warsaw Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz and officials from the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw welcome Filipino evacuees as...
Filipino community in Singapore shines at the 50th Chingay Parade Singapore-based Filipinos Karina Mae Bacsain, a preschool teacher, and Kelvin Justo Garcia, a hotelier, proudly represented the Philippines at the 50th Chingay celebrations ( Chingay50 ) , Singapore’s annual street parade in early...
Opposition candidates joined the country in commemorating the 36th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution--the bloodless upheaval that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines. The EDSA People Power monument Vice presidential bet Senator Kiko Pangilinan...
