Filipino photographers won big at the annual APEC photo contest for 2021 out of over a thousand photo submissions, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, Nov. 12. Popular Choice Winner: Pandemic: Education and innovation by Rober Marrel Dela Vega Three entries from the Philippines...
A multilateral approach in protecting migrant workers in the Southeast Asian region is needed to improve labor migration, a foreign affairs executive stressed. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Enrico T....
The mandatory evacuation for overseas Filipinos in Ethiopia has been enforced due to the "continued and intensifying conflict in the country". (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This took effect after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday, Nov. 11, raised the alert level...
The Philippines and New Zealand had agreed to boost their maritime security cooperation as well as their partnership in health, trade, and other areas amid the coronavirus pandemic. PH-NEW ZEALAND TIES--Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Neal Imperial and New Zealand MFAT South and South East Asia...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has taken down its online passport tracker following a possible data privacy issue reported by the Manila Bulletin Tuesday, Nov. 9. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement Wednesday, Nov. 10, the agency's Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA)...
The Philippines and the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to launch an "enhanced partnership" on trade and investment, technology, security and defense, and coronavirus (COVID-19) response, among others. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
The Philippines and Turkey are working on "closer academic collaboration" focusing on areas of fisheries and marine sciences, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. ACADEMIC PACT-- Philippine Ambassador to Turkey Maria Elena P. Algabre presents a token to Prof. Erol Özvar, President of...
Officials from the Philippines and Indonesia recently met to gear up for the delimitation of continental shelf boundary between the two countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Maritime and Oceans Affairs Maria Angela A. Ponce...
Agri-food products of the Philippines were a hit in South Korea as almost 60,000 guests went to visit the four-day exhibition of local products held in October. PH FOOD PRODUCTS PROMOTION-- Almost 60,000 guests went to visit the Philippine pavilion which showcased various agri-food products from...
Close to 60 overseas Filipinos were recently brought back to the Philippines from Bahrain, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. BACK HOME -- Overseas Filipinos, who are detainees, overstaying, wards at the Embassy Shelter, and with medical conditions were repatriated to the...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes that the ongoing climate change conference in Glasgow is the world's "last-ditch effort" to come up with climate solutions to save the planet. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "This is the...
The alert level 4 placed in the whole of Iraq for overseas Filipinos has been downgraded to level 3 following improvements in the foreign land's security situation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) From alert level 4, which...
