The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Saturday, Jan. 15 that it would limit onsite working capacity to 30 percent in offices within areas placed under Alert Level 3 amid the rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections among its personnel. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The DFA...
More consular offices around the country will be temporarily closed until Jan. 20 as more personnel from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 23 offices, including various temporary off-site passport...
Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has appealed to Indonesia’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Arifin Tasrif, for the lifting of its coal export ban as this would have an adverse impact on the availability of electricity supply in the Philippines. In a letter to the Indonesian energy...
More consular offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) located in malls were ordered for temporary closure due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The department's consular service sites in SM Megamall in Mandaluyong and in Carig Sur,...
More than 150 stranded overseas Filipinos were able to return home from Bahrain over the holidays, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Bahrain/DFA) According to the DFA, the Philippine Embassy in the Kingdom of Bahrain facilitated the return of...
Unvaccinated applicants, including minors, will not be accommodated in any temporary off-site passport services (TOPS) in malls located in areas where at least alert level 3 is raised, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory on Jan. 5,...
Bahrain has assured the Philippines that it will continue to help and support overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the foreign country and increase their awareness about programs related to them, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Sarah Lou...
Sixteen more Filipinos abroad have contracted the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of the third day of the new year, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Jan. 3. Department of Foreign Affairs (MANILA BULLETIN) This, according to the DFA, has brought the total number of...
One hundred overseas Filipino workers came back home to the Philippines from Bahrain on New Year's day, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. (Photo courtesy of Undersecretary Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola reported...
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...
Close to 180 distressed Filipinos from Saudi Arabia and other parts of Europe were recently brought back to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah/DFA) The nationals arrived in the country on Dec. 24 aboard a...
Close to 300 stranded overseas Filipinos came back home from Europe, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Christmas Eve, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (Photo courtesy of DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Sarah Lou Y. Arriola) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary...
