TACLOBAN CITY – The local government of Carigara in Leyte is distributing Christmas gift packages to all households in the municipality. Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr. said that each of the 13,500 households will be given a spaghetti package. THE municipality of Carigara, Leyte is distributing...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on Saturday, Dec. 9, that the cremated remains of two Filipinos who were executed in China for drug trafficking are already in the Philippines. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said that the cremains arrived on Friday, Dec. 8. “Yes,...
The resumption of the peace negotiations by the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) offers an “acceptable closure” for both parties after decades of fighting, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Ano said on Tuesday,...
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...
National Security Adviser (NSA) and National Task Force for West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) Chairman Eduardo Año (File photo) The Philippine government denied it enlisted "foreign forces" in patrolling the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as claimed by China, as the word war between the two countries...
A Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official has expressed optimism that the period for the release of those taken hostage by the Hamas would be extended, which is expected to happen during the conduct of humanitarian truce between Israel and the militants. "Let's pray that it [the agreement to...
Four Filipinos have already returned home from Myanmar, while two others were left behind amid the escalating tensions there because of the insurgency against military rule, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The seat for Myanmar delegation remains empty...
The four-day truce between Israel and Hamas is a “good sign” that this could lead to the release of two Filipinos possibly held hostage by the Palestinian militant group, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Families of Israeli captives gathered outside the...
National Security Adviser Eduardo M. Año (File photo) National Security Adviser Eduardo M. Año called out a United Nations expert who reportedly recommended for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) based on allegations of violations against...
​The possibly last batch of Filipinos to be repatriated from Gaza will arrive in Manila on Wednesday, Nov. 15, after a series of efforts conducted by the Philippine government in the war-torn Palestinian territory. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said...
The Philippine government is checking on the situation of all Filipinos abroad every time a conflict in ​a host country breaks out. But how do they really do this? According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega, the government does not go house-to-house...
