No excuses. No laziness. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang) This was how Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. wants his department to act on the case of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has been reported missing since December 2021. Locsin has...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will no longer allot passport appointment slots for recruiters of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) starting March 14. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Recruiters will no longer be given passport slots. They...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. slammed passport fixers anew as he debunked an applicant's suspicion that the difficulty in booking of appointments "is a ploy to enrich" fixers. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang) Locsin stressed on Wednesday, March...
The Philippines' Arbitral win in its maritime dispute in 2016 over China is the country's contribution in boosting the legal order over the seas. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) This was highlighted by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. during the European Union (EU) Ministerial Forum for...
The safety of Filipinos in Ukraine remains the Philippines' "chief and singular" concern amid the rising tensions in the foreign land, the country's top diplomat said. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 23, Foreign...
Filipinos in Ukraine will not be harmed and will have a safe exit to the closest border amid the growing tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the Philippines' top diplomat said Wednesday, Feb. 16. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Rest assured...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has encouraged the nation to remember the victims of the Holocaust by saying their names which "they were called in life by those who loved them" and not by the serial numbers that substituted their names. DFA Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin (Photo from Teddy...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 16, condemned the sentencing of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, saying the Philippines will work with its ASEAN colleagues in finding measures to ease the situation of the people in Myanmar. Foreign...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bared on Friday, Dec. 31, that it will "gradually load" appointment slots for passport application on a daily basis next year. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Responding to a question from a passport applicant on Twitter Friday, the DFA assured...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. thanked the United States for its additional P950-million donation to the Philippines as part of the ongoing relief operations in typhoon Odette-affected areas on Wednesday, Dec. 29. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and US Embassy in the Philippines...
The United Kingdom (UK) has reaffirmed its support in upholding the 2016 arbitral ruling that favored the Philippines in its maritime dispute with China in the South China Sea. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) Minister of State for Asia and...
The Philippines and South Korea reaffirmed to elevate their economic interaction amid the coronavirus pandemic, including the move to allow the entry of Filipino workers to the foreign country's employment permit system (EPS), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Secretary of Foreign...
