With 23 affirmative votes, the Senate approved on third and final reading the measure seeking to provide monthly pension differential to all retirees of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, January 14. Sen. Mark Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Government...
Senators have called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to assert the need for a thorough and impartial probe into the death of Marvil Facturan-Kocjančič, a Filipino migrant, who was reportedly beaten and stabbed to death by her husband. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms...
The Philippines has expressed serious concern over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) recent ballistic missile launch, citing its possible detrimental impact on the region's peace and stability, a statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) read. Associated Press/YouTube...
For humanitarian reasons, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino expressed his full support for the government's actions to allow the entry of 300 Afghan nationals — individuals who aided American forces and their families composed mostly of children — in the Philippines for the processing of...
​The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed the arrival on Monday, Jan. 6, in the Philippines of several Afghan nationals who will stay in the country while waiting for their United States visas. According to DFA, "a limited number" of Afghan nationals arrived in Manila to complete...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is ending 2024 with what could be one of its most significant achievements. The successful repatriation on Dec. 18 of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina drug convict imprisoned for 14 years and on death row in Indonesia, was the culmination of years-long efforts of...
The Philippines on Tuesday, Dec. 10, joined the international community in commemorating the 42nd year since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which it said is a cornerstone for a peaceful and prosperous maritime domain. Over the past several decades, the...
​A Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said Wednesday, Dec. 4, there is no reason to cancel flights bound for South Korea amid the unexpected yet very quick implementation of martial law in the country. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said there is also no reason to cancel...
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino domestic worker who is facing drug charges in Indonesia, was set to be executed in April 2015. But the last-minute reprieve granted to her by former Indonesian president Joko Widodo saved her life. And now, 14 years after her arrest in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta,...
The Philippine and Indonesian government are now in talks regarding Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) facing death row in Indonesia. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said the Philippine government is doing all it can for Veloso as her case...
The Philippines has protested China’s move to declare its own baseline on the territorial sea on the waters adjacent to Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Manila sent its protest to Beijing on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after it declared its illegal...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has strengthened its efforts to fight fraudulent passport applications by tying up with other government agencies. DFA on Tuesday, Nov. 5, led the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on Operation...
