The Philippine military outpost at Ayungin Shoal won't be abandoned. Malacañang Palace (Photo from PNA) Malacañang, through Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, gave this guarantee Friday, Nov. 19 on the heels of last Tuesday's incident wherein three Chinese Coast Guard vessels blocked two...
The Philippines was reelected as one of the 58-member United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) executive board, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, Nov. 19. UNESCO EXEC BOARD SEAT--Members of the Philippine Delegation to the 41st UNESCO General...
Senator Richard Gordon said on Thursday, Nov. 18, the President should lead in protecting the country's troops after the Ayungin Shoal incident involving members of the Chinese Coast Guard. President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) "As...
A shared outrage with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. was expressed by Senator Risa Hontiveros to the actions made by the Chinese Coast Guard vessels who blocked and water cannoned Philippine boats that were on their way to supply food for military personnel....
Two Philippine supply boats transporting food supplies to Philippine military personnel in Ayungin Shoal were "blocked and water cannoned" by three Chinese Coast Guard vessels on Tuesday, Nov. 16, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. bared Thursday, Nov. 18. The Western...
After more than two months, Filipino fishermen stranded in Fiji have finally returned home, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, Nov. 17. FINALLY, HOME -- Filipino fishermen stranded in Fiji for over two months are finally home. They arrived in the Philippines on Nov. 5, 2021....
Applicants still need an appointment for either passport of apostille services when going to any consular office and temporary off-site passport services (TOPS) facility in the country, contrary to the old advisory circulating online, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 16....
All confirmation emails containing application packets of passport applicants, who have appointments this week, will be sent out within the day, Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) This as the Department of Foreign...
The United States (US) and the Philippines will hold the ninth Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) from Nov. 15 to 16 in Washington, D.C., the US Embassy in the Philippines announced. Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell and former Department of...
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...