The Philippine Embassy in Amman, Jordan has reminded the Association of Jordanian Recruitment Agencies (AJRA) to ensure that mechanisms are in place to protect and promote the rights of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Philippine Ambassador to...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reminded the public to claim their passports as it announced that after March 1, it will cancel and dispose of passports scheduled for release until January 2021. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, The Department of Foreign Affairs -...
More than 200 distressed overseas Filipinos recently came back home from Qatar through the government's repatriation efforts, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, Feb. 10. (Photo courtesy of POLO-Qatar) "The Philippine Embassy in Doha mounted another chartered flight on 07...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday, Feb. 5, posted messages of support to Russian officials in the country following Friday's blaze that torched the Russian Embassy in Makati City. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a Twitter post, the DFA said it is “relieved” to learn from...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, Jan. 31, reported 250 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases among overseas Filipinos. Department of Foreign Affairs (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) According to the DFA, the additional cases pushed the total of COVID-19-stricken Filipinos abroad to...
More than 13,000 passport appointment slots intended for overseas Filipino workers were left unused in January 2022, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bared. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay disclosed that of the 13,650...
"Enough already." Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. seems to have had enough of the desperation and unhappiness caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the government changes policy to suit the changing circumstances caused by the crisis. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin...
Award-winning coffee, chocolate from PH featured at Lao Food Festival MABUHAY The Philippine booth at the Lao Food Festival Award-winning coffee and chocolate from the Philippines took center stage at the Philippine booth in the Lao Food Festival, which started Jan. 25 at the Chao Anouvong Park in...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has encouraged the nation to remember the victims of the Holocaust by saying their names which "they were called in life by those who loved them" and not by the serial numbers that substituted their names. DFA Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin (Photo from Teddy...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed its sympathy to the family of its former chief Roberto R. Romulo who passed away on Jan. 23. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) "The Department of Foreign Affairs condoles with the family of former DFA Secretary Roberto R. Romulo who passed away last...
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto "Bobby" Romulo has passed away at the age of 83, the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation confirmed. Former DFA Secretary Roberto 'Bobby' Romulo (Photo courtesy of the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation) Romulo died on Jan. 23, Sunday, the foundation said. The cause of his...
More than 450,000 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated from various countries since the government started bringing back distressed Filipinos abroad due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2020. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for...
