The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has joined the call of United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas as the number of civilian casualties continues to increase. "We join the call of the UN Secretary General, hopefully, for a...
The 136 Filipinos, who are awaiting repatriation, are all safe and accounted for despite the dwindling food and water supply in Gaza, Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Wilfredo Santos said on Tuesday, Oct, 24. Palestinians carrying foreign passports wait at the Rafah gate in the hopes of crossing...
The Philippine government will still study if its Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the United States could be invoked after China made dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels that led to a collision in the West Philippine Sea. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Spokesperson Ma. Teresita...
​The Department of Foreign Affairs has distanced itself from Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK) Teddyboy Locsin after he said in a now-deleted post on social media platform X that "Palestinian children should be killed". In a statement on Monday, DFA said it "completely...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested China’s dangerous maneuvers against Philippines vessels that eventually led to collisions in the Philippine waters and summoned the latter’s top diplomat in Manila to seek for an explanation. However, Chinese Ambassador to the...
Government borrowing declined in August with fewer loans borrowed from local lenders, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. According to the Bureau of the Treasury, government borrowing in August amounted to P124.06 billion, lower by 7 percent than the P133.34 billion recorded in the same...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Sunday, Oct. 22, that crisis alert level 3, voluntary repatriation, has been raised in Lebanon amid the Israel-Hamas violence in the region. In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military, an Israeli soldier...
Filipinos in Gaza would have to wait for a while as the Gaza-Egypt border has yet to open amid the violence that erupted there between Hamas and Israel, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, Oct. 21. Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border crossing Egypt during...
President Marcos has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Gulf Cooperation Council (ASEAN-GCC) Summit. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) The plane carrying Marcos and the Philippine delegation landed at 12:56...
Thousands of Filipinos in southern Lebanon and northern Israel have been cautioned against possible escalation of hostilities between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters as fears ran high that the war waged by Israel against Hamas in Gaza would spread. Around 2,700 Filipinos in southern...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (center) (Rep. Salo's office) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) must exhaust all diplomatic means to expedite the opening of a humanitarian corridor for Filipinos trapped in the Gaza Strip due to the raging Israel-Hamas conflict. ...
Senator Raffy Tulfo said on Thursday, Oct. 19 that the Philippine government will do everything in its power to ensure the safe repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Israel amid its war with Hamas. “May mga ayuda ring ibibigay para sa mga nakabalik na sa bansa at scholarship mula...
