The Philippines has signed an agreement with Japan to loan a maximum amount of P6.9 billion (17.4 billion yen) for the rehabilitation of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3). Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo and Japanese Embassy in Manila Chargé d'Affaires ad interim...
Japanese firms urged the Philippine government to speed up the process of approving ecozone proclamation to be able to provide ready to occupy factory sites in light of the increasing number of Japanese firms expanding in the country. Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Tereso O. Panga, who...
The United States is hosting a series of intensive training workshops for more than 100 English teachers around the country until May 26. Ambassador MaryKay Carlson discusses highlights of the teacher training workshop with university professors from Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of US Embassy in the...
At least five Filipinos are confirmed missing after a Chinese fishing vessel where they were working capsized in the Indian Ocean, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said Wednesday. Huang said the embassy is already coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the...
The Russian Embassy in Manila took a jab at the comment made by British Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils when she called on the local media not to allow misinformation regarding the Russian aggression against Ukraine "to pollute our minds." In a statement, the embassy said it would like...
British Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils has called on the media not to allow misinformation "to pollute our minds" amid lies supposedly spread by Russia in its aggression against Ukraine. Beaufils on Wednesday night said "the media have a responsibility not to publish untruths" as a...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, May 6, that there were no more Filipinos trapped at the Egypt-Sudan border. (Photo courtesy of DFA) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Affairs Eduardo Jose de Vega told DZMM’s TeleRadyo from Cairo that some 320 Filipinos from Sudan...
Four Filipinos were assisted in reaching safe ground in Saudi Arabia after their evacuation from the war in Khartoum that has so far displaced more than 330,000 people. The Filipinos arrived at the King Faisal Naval Base on Thursday, May 4, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from Port Sudan, which had become a...
The British Embassy in Manila will be holding a coronation picnic at the Quezon Memorial Center (QMC) in Quezon City on Saturday, May 6, at 4 p.m., to mark the crowning of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort. The event, which will be open to the public, will show a livestream of the...
At least 409 Filipinos, mostly overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), were evacuated from strife-torn Sudan in Egypt, Malacañang said on Thursday, April 27. (Photo by Mark Johnson/MOD/AFP) The Palace reported that some 335 OFWs and their family members left Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on April 26 for...
COPENHAGEN -- An “Asian training hub’ in the Philippines for upskilling and reskilling of talents in the offshore wind industry is being explored with private Danish firms as well as the government of Denmark, so there will be an institution where pool of talents can gain broader expertise on...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian has maintained his silence over his controversial remark related to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan and instead called to maintain the friendship between the Philippines and China. In his first public appearance on Wednesday after issuing...
