A Filipina single mom in Dubai, United Arab Emirates can finally reunite with her daughter after winning in an online draw. PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN "I can finally bring my daughter here from the Philippines," Wendy Arroz said in an interview with GMA News Online. Arroz has not seen her...
The measure creating the Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) is set to be sponsored for Senate approval within the week, said Senator Joel Villanueva. The chairperson of the Senate labor committee disclosed on Monday, May 24, that senators have agreed on proposed amendments to the proposal...
The total number of overseas Filipinos who were afflicted with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) since the outbreak began in February last year is now 18,697, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a report Monday. This came after the DFA confirmed that 38 new COVID-19 cases and 31 new...
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 18,659 as a single new case was only recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday, May 22. (DFA) The DFA also reported no new recovery and zero fatality on the same day. The number of...
Five more Filipinos died of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) infections abroad, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a report Friday. Department of Foreign Affairs COVID-19 bulletin (DFA) In its regular COVID-19 bulletin, the DFA also recorded 24 new confirmed cases and 4 new...
Cyprus confirmed its first cases Wednesday of the COVID-19 variant behind the acceleration of India's explosive outbreak, detected among four people quarantined upon arrival, the health ministry said. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Four samples tested positive for the Indian variant, while two others...
Five months after strangers found him, Marcelino Cofinco was finally able to go back to his home in the Philippines. Photo courtesy of John Sunglao/ MANILA BULLETIN Cofinco was left with no family in the United States after his brother passed away two years ago. He rented a room from a non-Filipino...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has renewed his appeal to fellow senators to support the proposed creation of the Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) as Congress resumes session today, Monday, May 17. Go had filed Senate Bill No. 1949 which seeks to consolidate all government agencies and...
“I’m not done living yet and have a lot of good to share with the world." This was what a 65-year-old Filipino-American said after becoming the first known successful "COVID-to-COVID" double lung transplant recipient in the United States. He is now on his way to recovery. PHOTO FROM...
Filipinos staying in areas affected by the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas militants have been evacuated, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said on Sunday, May 16. Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes target the Palestinian enclave,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that no Filipino overseas died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, May 15. Department of Foreign Affairs logo (DFA) The total number of COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad is still at 1,162. According to the DFA, the number of...
Despite closed borders and the lack of commercial flights available, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday night brought home 155 distressed overseas Filipinos from China, bringing the total number of Filipinos the agency has brought home from around the world since the pandemic started...
