MANILA — The Philippine government is providing assistance to three Filipino call center employees who were jailed over a bank scam in Hong Kong, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)…
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PH condoles with kin of Fil-Am killed in Chicago
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday expressed sympathies to the family of a Filipino-American who was killed in a suburb in Chicago in the state of…
DND to coordinate with DFA on passport data mess
MANILA — The Department of National Defense (DND) will coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to examine details on the alleged passport data mess involving a former contractor of…
No Filipino among shooting victims in Brazil, France: DFA
MANILA — No Filipino was among the fatalities of the two separate gun attacks in France and Brazil that killed and injured scores of people on Wednesday, the Department of Foreign…
Pinoy loses home in raging California wildfire
MANILA — One Filipino lost his home in Butte County following the raging wildfires that destroyed communities in northern California, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco reported Sunday. Consul…
20 OFWs ejected from homes in Saudi get help
MANILA — Some 20 overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia are receiving assistance from the government after they were kicked out from their company-provided accommodations for refusing to…
PH looking into reported exploitation of Pinoy workers in New Zealand
MANILA— The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said the Philippine Embassy in Wellington is currently looking into the reported exploitation of Filipino workers in New Zealand. In a…
DFA to aid repatriation of OFW found dead in Bahrain
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday it would arrange the repatriation of a 37-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who reportedly committed suicide in Manama, Bahrain on Thursday.…
DFA checks for Filipino casualties in Italy fuel tanker explosion
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is checking if there are Filipino victims after a fuel tanker exploded near the Bologna airport in Italy on Monday. Initial reports received…
No Pinoy victims in Maryland newsroom shooting: DFA
MANILA— The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday confirmed that no Filipino was among the fatalities in the shooting at the headquarters of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis,…
China to apply law vs. ‘violators’ at Scarborough Shoal: DFA
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Chinese government assured the Philippines that it will “apply the law very harshly” to violators of the fishing agreement at the…
DFA confirms death of missing Filipina student in Ireland
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday confirmed the death of Jastine Valdez, a 24-year-old Filipina student in Ireland who was earlier reported kidnapped. Authorities found the…
PH facilitating repatriation of 2 Pinoys killed in Saudi fire
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Monday night said the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah is now in touch with the employer of two Filipino workers who died…
DFA checking for Filipinos among Texas shooting fatalities
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, is monitoring the situation in the southeast Texas city of Santa Fe following a shooting…
Cayetano arrives in Kuwait to discuss ties, witness MOU signing
MANILA — Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has arrived in Kuwait to discuss the current bilateral relations between the two nations with his counterpart, and later…
DFA to open 2 north Luzon consular offices in May
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday announced that two consular offices in Northern Luzon are scheduled to open this May to bring passport and other consular services…
10K more Filipinos to be repatriated from Kuwait: DFA
MANILA — The Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Kuwait are now rushing to repatriate as many as 10,000 overstaying Filipinos who are expected to avail…
DFA-Baguio gives special passport application access to OFWs
BAGUIO CITY — With about 60 percent of the passport applicants at the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) Baguio Consular Office being overseas Filipino workers (OFW), the agency announced…
DFA starts issuing passports with 10-year validity
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday announced that issuance of passports with 10-year validity starts January 3. “Since January 1 and 2 were holidays, passport applications…
No Filipino casualty in Texas shooting: DFA
MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday confirmed that no Filipino was among the casualties in the massacre that killed 26 attending church services in San Antonio, Texas over…