The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said 49 Filipinos were still in Afghanistan as the government works on bringing home those affected by the armed conflict in the said country. DFA In its situation bulletin, the DFA reported that 158 Filipinos have already left or have been evacuated from...
Thirteen more Filipinos were able to leave Afghanistan through the United Kingdom, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday. There are now a total of 18 Filipinos in the UK who have safely exited Kabul with the help of a third country. “The Philippine Embassy in London is facilitating their...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has disclosed that the Philippines attempted to make two evacuation flights for the remaining Filipinos in Afghanistan Wednesday night but were unsuccessful due to the cancellation of all commercial flights in Kabul. In a status update on Thursday, the DFA...
The Philippine Embassy in Islamabad has already advised the remaining Filipinos in Kabul to be ready to move “when the opportune time to leave arises” while coordination for a flight out of Afghanistan is being arranged, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. Scene at the Kabul...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said it is working to secure the safe passage of Filipinos and making other forms of coordination as needed to overcome challenges posed by the “uncertain situation” following the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. In a statement, the...
A total of 35 Filipinos from Afghanistan arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport through a chartered plane from Doha, Qatar, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Tuesday. Photo shows the arrival of distressed overseas Filipino at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
A Manila-based migration consultant on Tuesday thanked the United States for bringing to safety the 32 Filipinos who were airlifted out of Kabul in the middle of chaos just as the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital. Scene at the Kabul airport on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end...
With efforts to extricate the remaining Filipinos now underway in Kabul hours after the capitol falls to the Taliban, the Philippines is preparing to shut down future deployment of OFWs and prevent possible trafficking of workers to Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. made...
GREENVILLE, United States -- Evacuation orders were widened Thursday as California's biggest wildfire raged through the state's tinder-dry landscape, laying waste to hundreds of square miles (kilometers). Molten metal flows away from a burned Hummer vehicle in a decimated downtown Greenville,...
More than 10,000 individuals or over 2,600 families displaced by southwest monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon “Fabian remained in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Sunday, August 1. (DSWD-DROMIC Facebook page) The DSWD’s Disaster Response...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Monday, July 26, that more than 44,000 individuals or more than 11,500 families are currently taking temporary shelter in evacuation centers after southwest monsoon rains enhanced by typhoon “Fabian” caused flooding in many parts...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Sunday, July 25 called on the government to bring its COVID-19 vaccination drive to people in temporary shelters to make sure these evacuation sites would not become potential "super spreader" events. Evacuation centers, Villanueva pointed out, are "closed, confined, and...
