Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, April 30 urged the government to regularly review its deployment policies on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to ensure their safety and well-being. Poe made the call even as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) were...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, February 27, asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to broker updated security agreements with different countries that could help defend the Philippines from China’s continued aggression. “We have to exhaust all possible ways to defend the...
The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed today the appointments of three Cabinet members and 60 ranking Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official led by former DFA Secretary Teodoro Lopez Locsin Jr. as Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain with concurrent...
The Department of Foreign Affairs recently commemorated its 124th founding anniversary, and there’s much to celebrate. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Ambassador Enrique Manalo – a career official in the department – as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SFA) a week after the...
DFA receives ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officially received the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) certification, issued by TÜV NORD Philippines, Inc., during a virtual ceremony recently. The Department’s ISO 9001:2015...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said there is no truth to the reported distribution of pre-shaded ballots to overseas Filipinos voting for the May 2022 elections. "’Fake news,’’ Dulsy said of the incident in Singapore where an accidentally shaded ballet was...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to address the apparent misinformatioin that have recently caused the influx of passport applicants and apostille services that flocked and lined up at the Aseana Business Park office in Parañaque City. Gatchalian...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) temporarily suspended on Wednesday, March 23, the walk-in application for apostille services at its office in Parañaque City due to the sudden influx of applicants. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an advisory, the DFA said they suspended the apostille...
The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), urged the international community to reaffirm its commitment to settle disputes peacefully amid Russia's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "The Philippines calls on the international...
From vaccines now to syringes. No ball was dropped according to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, as he expressed dismay anew on Monday, Dec. 13, over the recent "dropped the ball" remark made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang...
Senator Richard Gordon said on Thursday, Nov. 18, the President should lead in protecting the country's troops after the Ayungin Shoal incident involving members of the Chinese Coast Guard. President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) "As...
Three more overseas Filipinos died of COVID-19 infections over the previous week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) In a weekly bulletin, the DFA recorded 41 new COVID-19 cases and 63 new recoveries among Filipinos abroad for the same period....