About 30 Filipinos are affected after a four-storey building in Qatar collapsed on Wednesday. In a statement, the Philippine Embassy in Qatar said it is currently attending to the needs of the affected individuals and determining further intervention if necessary. It also urged the Filipino...
The Philippines continues to engage with the European Union (EU) over matters in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea. The recent discussion that involved Philippine and EU officials came when Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Neal...
The Philippines has called on the donor countries of the United Nations to "redouble their efforts" and fulfill their commitments for the least developed countries on debt structuring, debt relief, and financing for development. Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Multilateral and...
The Philippine government is set to send $200,000 in financial donations to the Syrian Arab Republic following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria and killed over 55,000 people last month. In a Facebook post, the Presidential Communications Office said the donation would be...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Tuesday received his Malaysian counterpart, Zambry Abd Kadir, in an introductory courtesy call that transpired ahead of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's official visit to Manila. During their meeting, the two foreign affairs ministers noted the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, February 27, asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to broker updated security agreements with different countries that could help defend the Philippines from China’s continued aggression. “We have to exhaust all possible ways to defend the...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday, February 22, confirmed the nomination and ad interim appointment of 15 senior officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) including the country's ambassador to New Zealand. The CA confirmed Kira Azucena as Philippine ambassador to New...
The public can expect several deals to be signed between Filipino and Japanese businessmen as President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ensures to court more foreign investors for the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate)...
The Philippines and Japan are set to sign seven agreements covering different areas of cooperation during President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s official working visit to Tokyo from Feb. 8 to 12, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is exerting its efforts to repatriate all Filipinos who crossed borders into various Southeast Asian nations to work as crypto scammers, including the 25-year-old Filipina who posed as a tourist going to Thailand. Ma. Teresita Daza, DFA spokesperson, said...
The Philippines is hosting a two-day dialogue with the US to discuss current challenges being faced by both countries and come up with ways to resolve them. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of National Defense (DND) are co-hosting the 10th Bilateral Strategic Dialogue...
An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has called out a Ukrainian diplomat for telling members of the Philippine press that the government is not responding to Ukraine's request for a phone talk between President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
