The Philippines is "continuously assessing" the implications of the trilateral security agreement of Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS), a foreign affairs executive bared. DFA Acting Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro (Photo courtesy of...
Six temporary offsite passport services (TOPS) located in malls in Metro Manila will continue to operate until December 2021 to handle increasing passport appointments, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) The six TOPS are located in SM Mall of...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through its Office of the Public and Cultural Diplomacy (OPCD) has conveyed its "deepest condolences" to the family and friends of veteran photojournalist Recto Mercene who passed away on Saturday, Oct. 2. (Photo from Recto Mercene Facebook page) Mercene was...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has advised the public that there are no available passport appointment slots yet for the remaining days of October until December this year and that booking their slots are free. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory written in Filipino,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) told the public Saturday, Oct. 2 that it "remains committed" to fixing the problems besetting the release of passports. (MANILA BULLETIN) "The DFA recognizes the difficulties faced by the public that have arisen due to pandemic restrictions, and we remain...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has managed to slightly improve its output in terms of processing passport applications amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The agency reported on Saturday, Oct. 2 that it has already matched its...
Having trouble logging in to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website for passport appointments? (Glenn Carstens Peters/ Unsplash) Check your Internet connection, and keep trying. This was essentially the advice DFA Undersecretary Brigido Dulay gave to the public Saturday, Oct. 2, amid...
The Philippine Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have teamed up to encourage Dubai-based international investors to look at the Philippines as an agribusiness destination. Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) According to the Department...
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the violence-free Kurdistan region of Iraq are appealing to the Philippine government to lower the alert level status and lift the deployment ban it imposed in January 2020 following violent protests outside the United States Embassy in Baghdad at that time....
Retired Philippine Army Major Gen. Mario Fontanilla Chan is the new Philippine ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil. Retired Army Major Gen. Mario Chan (right) takes his oath as the new Philippine ambassador-designate to Brazil before Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security...
President Duterte highlighted in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the Philippines' "longstanding humanitarian tradition" in the government's decision to welcome refugees coming from Afghanistan. OPEN DOOR--President Rodrigo Duterte reports the Philippines' acceptance of...
The Philippine Embassy in Libya has announced the demise of one of its key officers who succumbed to COVID-19 at a hospital in Mitiga on Monday, Sept. 20. Attaché Jose Arcel Donato of the Philippine Embassy in Libya (via Facebook/CDA Jed Dayang) “It is with the most profound sorrow that the...
