Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has finally ended the "monopoly" of a private logistics provider following widespread complaint against delays and confusions that marred the delivery of passports to applicants. Philippine passport (R. Mabasa) “I finished off QRS. They’re dead and...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III will be calling for a public hearing on the government's plan to use vaccine passports as part of the country's travel and health protocols amid the persisting COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III leads on July 26, 2021 the opening of the...
Filipinos living in the United States can renew their passports at a Philippine government-accredited off-site center that will open in Los Angeles soon. Philippine passport (File photo/Department of Foreign Affairs) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has announced that the off-site passport...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has threatened to terminate the contract of QRS, the service provider handling the passport delivery, following mounting public complaints against delay in the delivery of passport to hundreds of applicants. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has acknowledged complaints on the delays in the issuance of passports and the difficulty of getting appointments for application and renewal. Philippine passports (Roy Mabasa/MANILA BULLETIN) During an inquiry of the House Committee on Overseas Workers'...
State-owned printing firm Asian Productivity Organization-Production Unit Inc. (APO) continues to get the raw end of a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with a private printing company in connection with the implementation of government contracts that included the P38-billion printing of electronic...
The Philippine passport’s low ranking in the London-based 2021 Henley Passport Index (HPI) should not be taken lightly by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Senator Francis Tolentino said. “It is indicative not just of the survey done, but the power of our passport,” Tolentino said in a...
Beginning today, July 5, 2021, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will officially open five locations for the Temporary Offsite Passport Service (TOPS) to respond to the shortage of available passport application schedules exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Philippine passports...
Much ado about vaccine passports, even if they aren’t quite new. In the pilgrimage town of Pandharpur in Bombay, India, shortly after a vaccine for plague was developed in 1897, authorities required proof of vaccination as a condition of entry for the pilgrims who would flock to Pandharpur every...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday warned the public anew against social media advertisements offering passport appointment slots in exchange for a fee following mounting complaints of difficulty in securing online passport application schedules due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to clear the issue about a confusing policy requiring fully vaccinated Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to produce proof of vaccination. During a Senate Committee of the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has cautioned the public against the reported existence of passport appointment and document authentication scams on social media. (DFA) In an advisory, the DFA stressed that it does not use Facebook or any other social media network to offer or confirm...
