Two Senate panels have pushed for the passage of the bill that would institutionalize benefits for individuals who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Senator Pia Cayetano (Office of Senator Cayetano) Senator Pia Cayetano recently sponsored bill Senate Bill No....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has advised the public that there are no available passport appointment slots yet for the remaining days of October until December this year and that booking their slots are free. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory written in Filipino,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has managed to slightly improve its output in terms of processing passport applications amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The agency reported on Saturday, Oct. 2 that it has already matched its...
Having trouble logging in to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) website for passport appointments? (Glenn Carstens Peters/ Unsplash) Check your Internet connection, and keep trying. This was essentially the advice DFA Undersecretary Brigido Dulay gave to the public Saturday, Oct. 2, amid...
Starting today, Sept. 24, releasing of all passports at the Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) in ASEANA Business Park will be relocated to the Ground Floor of the Double Dragon Plaza building along Macapagal Blvd. in Pasay City. Philippine passport In an advisory, the Department of Foreign Affairs...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Just when you thought they couldn’t go any lower, it seems like the passport appointment fixers are back and scalping reservation spots to desperate Filipinos looking to renew their passports. And yes, I know this topic has come up many times over the years, but to...
President Duterte's advisers have expressed their support for the legislation that would institutionalize the use of vaccine passports in international and domestic travel, both for essential and non-essential purposes. A health worker injects a dose COVID-19 vaccine to a woman. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA...
All active overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are renewing their passports will now have a dedicated consular site and Online Appointment System, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) The Consular Office in NCR Central at the 1st Floor Lingkod...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that its consular offices (CO) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and all Temporary Off-Site Passport Services (TOPS) facilities will now resume operations after the region was downgraded to a less stringent quarantine classification. (FILE...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will not allow applicants to make amendments to their passport during their appointment due to "crooks" selling their appointment slots. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin made the...
A bill seeking to mandate the issuance of an electronic vaccine cards to all fully vaccinated Filipinos has been filed in the House of Representatives. As the capital enters into a two-week enhanced community quarantine, people line up at a vaccination site located at Justo Lukban elementary school...
Senator Grace Poe said on Wednesday, August 11, that she supports the use of a standard vaccine passport for travel and access to local establishments. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) "The passport is just a standard vaccine card with a central database...
