Over P174.28 million worth of blank passports have been deemed obsolete and ordered by the Commission on Audit (COA) to be subjected to impairment allowance. Passport In its 2020 Annual Audit Report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), COA also noted that 14 government properties abroad...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said there should be no discrimination against travelers who received Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines, saying it was the first brand to be made available. The country's vaccine stockpile reaches 30.9 million with the delivery of one million doses of...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. stressed that it was not hesitancy but the low global supply of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines that caused the Philippines to only vaccinate less than a quarter of its qualified population as of date. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO /...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has confirmed the termination of QRS (Quick Reliable Service) as the official service provider of passport delivery of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Philippine passport “QRS is terminated. Phase out should be in progress,” Locsin wrote in...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has threatened to terminate the contract of QRS, the service provider handling the passport delivery, following mounting public complaints against delay in the delivery of passport to hundreds of applicants. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr....
A total of 503 new confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases and 56 new fatalities were recorded among Filipinos abroad over the previous week. DFA In a report released on Monday, August 2, 2021, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said they have recorded 71 new recoveries among...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will temporarily suspend the operations of its consular offices in Metro Manila when the capital region reverts to a two-week strict lockdown in August. Department of Foreign Affairs (via DFA website) The foreign affairs department however will have limited...
The Philippines and the United Nations (UN) have launched a joint program that outlines mechanisms that aim to strengthen the country's institution and support its continued fulfillment of international human rights obligations, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. L-R: United Nations...
Liezel Lopez admits to having dumped Kristoffer Martin. But only after Kristoffer was seen traveling somewhere romantic with AC Banzon. Yes, the mother of his child. The one he dumped for Liezel. If things sound a bit convoluted well, it actually gets worse. In this case, we don't know who will...
The Philippines has sounded the alarm on the significant gap in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination in the world as 80 percent of the global vaccine supply went to high- and upper-middle-income countries. DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Marian Jocelyn T. Tirol-Ignacio delivers the Philippines’...
A leading maritime law expert from the University of the Philippines (UP) believes that the government’s sudden decision to deploy coast guard vessels to patrol the West Philippine Sea is somehow related to next year’s election. Dr. Jay Batongbacal, Director, University of the Philippines'...
When President Duterte himself admitted in his 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA) that he is “inutil” (useless) regarding China’s continued presence in the West Philippine Sea, and his professed “love” for Chinese President Xi Jinping, is it not about time to reject him? The was the...
