Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to summon China’s ambassador to the Philippines once again to inquire about the presence of 100 additional Chinese vessels reportedly within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at the West Philippine...
President Duterte’s national security and foreign policy strategies have violated the Philippine Constitution as they failed to “defend our sovereignty and national territory from foreign threats and invasion,” retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice and opposition coalition 1Sambayan...
A total of 325 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have returned to the Philippines from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported. Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) In a statement, the DFA said the group of repatriates,...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the country was just "staking our claim" after Filipino marine scientists found more "piles" of plastic trash in the West Philippine Sea . Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Malacañang) Locsin made the statement after a team of...
President Duterte is not at all worried by attempts to put him on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the alleged killings linked to his war on drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core...
The Philippine government is determined to assert the country's sovereignty when it has refused to cooperate with any probe into the war on drugs by the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Kaisylyn Cuya Lopez, a Filipino domestic helper in Saudi Arabia and a single mother of a four-year old boy, desperately needs help. While safe for now under the care of Philippine embassy staff, she constantly fears getting jailed or even beheaded under stringent Muslim...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. commended Filipinos abroad, assuring them of the Department of Foreign Affairs's (DFA's) quality service as the country commemorated the 123rd Independence Day on Saturday. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. (DFA) In a video message, Locsin commended...
The Philippines and China will both keep their statuses as the world’s top rice importers, data from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) showed. In its latest report on global rice production, USDA adjusted its trade forecast for the Philippines and...
The Philippines has appealed to China and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for full support and sincere cooperation in transforming the South China Sea into a “sea of peace, security, stability and prosperity.” ASEAN (ASEAN.org) Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
Senator and boxing champ Manny Pacquiao needs to “study first” before he criticizes foreign policies and inactions in the government, President Duterte said on Tuesday, June 8. Senator Manny Pacquiao and President Rodrigo Duterte (Senate PRIB/Albert Calvelo/Malacañang) “I don’t want to...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that no Filipino overseas died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, June 5. (DFA) The total number of COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad is still at 1,194. According to the DFA, the number of Filipinos overseas affected by the...
