President Marcos will push for deeper defense and economic cooperation with India—including new agreements on science, law, and technology—during his five-day state visit to New Delhi and Bangalore next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In a pre-departure briefing in...
No Filipinos were injured or killed following tsunami alerts in several countries this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Thursday, July 31. In an interview with state-run PTV-4, DFA Assistant Secretary Robert Ferrer said the agency had been closely monitoring Filipinos in...
Senator Raffy Tulfo is urging Filipinos in Iran and Israel to evacuate and leave crucial areas to ensure their safety. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, made the call after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the alert level in Iran and Israel to Alert Level 3,...
Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday, May 8 said she is confident the signing into law of the measure improving the retirement benefits of officials and employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will help strengthen the foundations of Philippine diplomacy. Legarda pointed this out as she...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Saturday, April 26, said that passage of his proposed legislation creating a Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) for foreigners gained traction following the issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 86 by President Marcos. (Photo from Unsplash/MB file photo) EO No. 86 authorizes the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of the second of four Filipinos missing after the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28. File photo In a statement on Thursday morning, April 10, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Yangon confirmed...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of one of the four Filipinos reported missing after the devastating 7.7-magnitude that struck Myanmar on March 28. File In a statement on Wednesday, April 9, the DFA said the family of the deceased Filipino was already informed of the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, April 4, that it was already informed by the Chinese government about the arrest of three Filipinos suspected of spying as well as the charges they are facing. DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said that protecting the rights and the...
Four Filipinos in Myanmar remain unaccounted for following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the Southeast Asian country on Friday, March 28, an official from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, locals gather near a collapsed building...
A Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said 19 of the 20 Filipinos arrested in Qatar for holding an unauthorized political demonstration on Friday, March 28, are still under police custody. Philippine Embassy in Qatar In an interview with Super Radyo dzBB, DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega...
There were no reported casualties among Filipinos in Myanmar and Thailand due to the strong earthquakes that struck both countries on Friday, March 28, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Damaged pagodas are seen after an earthquake, Friday, March 28, 2025 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. lauds the agency's international and private peace partners during the inaugural International and Private Partnerships Forum (IPPF) 2024 at the Manila Hotel on Nov. 14, 2024. (Photo by John Louie Abrina / MANILA BULLETIN) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on...
