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Trillanes to active Twitter user Locsin: Lay off social media

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Posted at Jan 17 04:11 PM

This was Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV's piece of unsolicited advice to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. in the wake of a supposed passport data breach which he bared on Twitter.   Read more »

DFA assures kin of detained Filipinos in Libya of gov't help

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Posted at Jan 16 06:58 PM

The DFA made the statement after relatives of the detained seafarers appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte for help. Read more »

Maldives shoulders repatriation of Filipino honeymooners who drowned

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Posted at Jan 16 06:18 PM

The Ministry of Tourism of Maldives said it would shoulder the cost of bringing back to the Philippines the remains of the Filipino couple who drowned in the tropical paradise while on their honeymoon. Read more »

Filipina tourist missing in Bali since Christmas- DFA

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Posted at Jan 16 06:11 PM

A Filipino tourist has been missing in Bali, Indonesia since Christmas, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. Read more »

Remains of Pinoy couple who drowned in Maldives to be brought to Sri Lanka

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Updated as of Jan 16 06:39 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday that the remains of the Filipino couple who drowned in the Maldives would be flown to Sri Lanka for embalming.   Read more »

Pinoys in Nairobi urged to stay indoors amid Kenya terror attack

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Posted at Jan 16 12:04 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday advised Filipinos in Nairobi, Kenya to stay indoors amid a suspected terror attack. Read more »

Filipino student drowns in New Zealand: DFA

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Posted at Jan 15 09:56 PM

A Filipino student drowned in New Zealand last Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.   Read more »

‘Bakit kailangang mangyari?’ Parents of couple in Maldives tragedy want answers

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Posted at Jan 15 09:22 PM

The parents of a couple who died in their honeymoon in Maldives are still in disbelief over the fate that befell their children. Read more »

Misis sa Maldives honeymoon tragedy, breadwinner ng pamilya

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Posted at Jan 15 08:44 PM

Nakipag-ugnayan na sa DFA ang mga pamilya ng mag-asawang nalunod sa Maldives at nangako ang gobyerno sa mga ito na sasagutin ang pagpapauwi sa labi ng dalawa. Read more »

Passport data di tinangay, di lang ma-access: DFA secretary

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Updated as of Jan 15 08:52 PM

Sinabi ng DFA secretary na nilagdaan na niya ang kautusang nagsasabi na hindi na kailangang magsumite ng birth certificate ang mga magre-renew ng kanilang passport.  Read more »

No need for birth certificate to renew passport: Locsin

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:32 PM

Birth certificates are no longer needed by passport holders to renew their travel document, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Tuesday. Read more »

DFA to repatriate honeymooners who drowned in Maldives

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Updated as of Jan 15 03:50 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs will pay for the repatriation of the remains of the newly-wedded couple who drowned in Maldives while on their honeymoon, an official confirmed Tuesday.   Read more »

NPC to hold fact-finding inquiry on passport 'data breach'

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 04:34 PM

MANILA - The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said Monday it would conduct a fact-finding investigation in the supposed data breach in the passport system. Read more »

NPC, wala pang nakikitang patunay ng passport data breach

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Updated as of Jan 14 08:18 PM

Wala pang nakikitang patunay ang National Privacy Commission na nagkaroon ng data leak o nakompromiso ang impormasyon ng mga passport holder. Read more »

Ex-DFA chief Yasay suspects deflection in passport mess; Locsin denies he is 'misinformed'

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 01:29 PM

Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr on Monday said he does not believe a contractor stole the data from his former agency in its passport renewal system. Read more »

Ex-DFA chief on passport data mess: Judge level of efficiency during our time

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Updated as of Jan 14 11:14 AM

A predecessor of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin on Monday refused to comment on the latter's claim that the country's passport woes started during the Arroyo administration and worsened under President Benigno Aquino III. Read more »

'Cumbersome': Palace rejects birth certificate requirement for passport renewal

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 08:00 AM

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday rejected the move of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to require birth certificates for passport holders seeking to renew their travel document. Read more »

Ilang Pinoy nangangamba sa pagkakatangay sa passport data

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Posted at Jan 13 09:37 PM

Nangangamba ang ilang passport holders na magamit sa identity theft ang kanilang personal na impormasyon.  Read more »

Robredo backs calls to file case vs contractor in DFA passport data mess

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Posted at Jan 13 04:30 PM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday backed calls for the government to file a case against the contractor who allegedly took Filipino passport data from the Department of Foreign Affairs. Read more »

Locsin on passport data mess — ‘I just want it fixed and not repeated’

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Posted at Jan 13 01:56 AM

Teodoro Locsin Jr. vowed that his department will get to the bottom of the issue involving a foreign company running away with Filipinos' passport data. Read more »