Two Filipino nationals were executed in China after being convicted for drug trafficking, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Saturday, Dec. 2. DFA withheld the identities of the two nationals for their privacy, but it said they were arrested in 2013, convicted in 2016, and...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday it has suspended the issuance of e-Visa to Chinese nationals until further notice for assessment. In a new advisory, the agency said the suspension will improve its future operations, including the payment processing systems. "This is to inform...
The Philippines will exhaust all remedies to bring home the 17 Filipino seafarers held hostage by Houthi rebels in Yemen. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (PCO Screenshot) President Marcos made the statement in a video message released on Thursday night, Nov. 30, explaining his reason for...
The Philippines and Mexico plan to explore joint cooperation on space technology, earth observations, ocean protection, and the use of electronic technology for overseas voting, among others, as the two countries held their third Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM) meeting during the 70th...
The Philippines has suspended the issuance of e-Visa to Chinese nationals. The move came after the Department of Justice (DOJ) discovered irregularities in the issuance of e-Visas for Chinese nationals and recommended the turn over of responsibility from DFA to a third-party service provider...
​The Philippine government is working on the release of 17 Filipino seafarers who were taken hostage by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), "efforts are ongoing for this to happen as soon as possible" after President Marcos on Thursday made a...
Senator Imee Marcos on Monday, November 27, urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to come up with a long-term strategy to negotiate the release of the Filipino seafarers who were abducted. Marcos noted that the Israeli-Palestinian...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday, Nov. 26, thanked the governments of Qatar, Egypt, and Iran for their assistance in the release of Filipino hostage Jimmy Pacheco by Palestinian militant group Hamas over the weekend. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Eli Cohen (right) visits...
Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen visited Filipino Jimmy Pacheco, who was among the 24 hostages released by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday, Nov. 25. Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen (left) shakes hands with Jimmy Pacheco (right), a Filipino hostage who...
OLD WONDERS Manila esteros were originally formed as a means of connecting cities together (Photo Wikipedia) To be presented by the Philippine Pavilion on the occasion of its closing at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia is a roundtable on...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) continues its repatriation of Filipinos and their families in Israel and Lebanon amid the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas. A grab taken from a UGC video posted on the Telegram channel "South First Responders" shows the...
The Philippine government is using all “diplomatic means” possible for the safe and eventual release of some 17 Filipino seafarers held captive by the Yemeni rebel group Houthi in the Red Sea. In a news forum in Quezon City, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega assured that several...
