After nearly three months, the United States court has granted the petition of Filipino national Lewelyn Dixon for cancellation of removal, leading to her release from immigration custody, the Philippine Embassy in Washington confirmed on Saturday, May 31. Lewelyn Dixon is welcomed by a family...
From Canada to Europe, the international community has extended its condolences and sympathies to the victims of the tragic Filipino community street festival in Vancouver, Canada that now has a death toll of 11 people. Visitors pay their respects at a memorial after a vehicle drove into a...
The Philippine government has expressed “deep concern” over an incident during a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, wherein a driver plowed a car into a crowd of festival-goers. A victim covered with a cloth lies near a food truck after a car drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival...
Philippine Consul General to Los Angeles Adelio Angelito Cruz said on Tuesday, Jan. 14, that he expects the number of Filipinos affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles County to increase in the coming days. HELIBUCKET OPERATION – Firefighters watch as water is dropped by a helicopter bucket on...
While there are no Filipino casualties from the Los Angeles wildfires that have so far razed billions of dollars worth of infrastructure to the ground, the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles said that more than 150 Filipinos have sought help from the consulate. HELIBUCKET OPERATION...
A unique initiative, organized by the Embassy of Peru in Thailand in collaboration with the Honorary Consulate General of Peru in Manila, seeks to engage children in creatively expressing the enduring friendship between the two countries. Everyone is invited to join and promote a special children's...
DAVAO CITY – The Malaysia Consulate General here hosted on Thursday, April 11, the Rumah Terbuka Aidilfitri (Eid’l Fitr Open House) at Blue Lotus Hotel in celebration of the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. THE Consulate General of Malaysia in Davao City hosted on Thursday, April 11, the...
As firefighters and first responders work around the clock to contain the wildfires in the island of Maui, the Philippine consulate in Hawaii has been undertaking the “painstaking” process of identifying the casualties through fingerprint, dental, and other DNA records. Taylor Ganer and Hano...
The Philippine government will open a new chancery in China, with its exterior drawing inspiration from Filipino architecture. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), a three-story building in the Chinese city of Xiamen will be renovated for the chancery to feature Capiz-inspired...
CEBU CITY – The reopening of a United States (US) consulate in Cebu is not possible in the near future because of budget constraints, US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said. CARLSON (center). (US Embassy Manila FB) Carlson said the reopening of a US consulate in the province “is...
(From Left to Right) Vice Consul Fatima C. Mueller, Consul General Marie Yvette Banzon-Abalos, Ms. Paula Gutierrez Salangsang, Ube Fiesta Project and Social Media Head “Ang ube ay ang kulay asul at kulay pula ng ating bandila. Kaya sa isang banda, ang ube ay masasabi nating “pambansang kulay ng...
People: Ties that bind FRENCH TIES Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. and French Ambassador Michèle Boccoz after their discussion on strengthening PH-France ties in a courtesy call at the DFA (Vanessa Ubac) And just like that, it truly feels like everything is going back to normal. A whole range of...
