The Philippine Embassy in Abuja is currently checking on the 20 Filipino seaman arrested in Nigeria after authorities claimed to have found cocaine in their vessel, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Nov. 24. DFA spokesperson Angelica Escalona confirmed that the agency has...
International cooperation is crucial in raising maritime domain awareness and addressing “persistent” issues in maritime security and marine resources and infrastructure, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said. Speaking during the Ministerial Meeting on Protection...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has yet to receive a court order to cancel resigned Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Zaldy Co’s passport over his involvement in the mutli-billion-peso flood control mess. In a statement on Friday night, Nov. 21, the DFA said it has the power to cancel passports...
No Filipinos were reported injured in the magnitude-5.7 earthquake that struck Bangladesh on Friday, Nov. 21, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka was monitoring the situation closely after the quake’s epicenter was traced just...
The Philippines has welcomed the opposition of the G7 foreign ministers to the use of force and coercion in the South China Sea and for reaffirming the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific based on the rule of law. "The Philippines welcomes the Joint Statement of G7 Foreign Ministers '...
The Philippines and Palestine agree to strengthen their bilateral relations through the signing of a memorandum of understanding on political consultations that will establish a structured mechanism to identify areas of cooperation and mutual interests. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is ready to support initiatives and resolutions that will create a pathway to Palestinian statehood and bring to a close a turbulent and violent era in the Israel-Palestine relationship. As the Philippines gets ready to chair the 11-member regional...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro denied that a chartered flight carrying Palestinians originally bound to South Africa will be arriving in the Philippines. She made this remark after her bilateral meeting with Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Dr....
Palestinian Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Dr. Varsen Aghabekian Shahin is currently in Manila, arriving last Nov. 16 and is expected to stay until Nov. 21, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday. In a statement, the DFA said that during the visit, the Palestinian foreign...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro is hopeful that the Philippines’ chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will witness the completion of the Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea amid escalating regional tensions between China, the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro denied that there is an erosion of the centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), whose summits and meetings the Philippines will chair in 2026, amid regional and global threats due to great power rivalry,...
Some 170 distressed Filipinos are still waiting for repatriation from scam hubs across Southeast Asia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday, Nov. 12. DFA spokesperson Angelica Escalona said these Filipinos in scam hub areas have “active requests for assistance” from the...
