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OPINION: Just a question of coordination

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Jan 03 11:43 AM

If only government agencies really coordinate, perhaps we can avoid precipitous, even reckless reaction from our officials. Read more »

Wide range of topics on the table, as Japanese foreign minister to visit PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 06:40 AM

Minister Motegi Toshimitsu’s official visit on January 8 and 9 will include a courtesy call to Duterte and a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. Read more »

Deployment ban sa Kuwait posibleng ibaba kasunod ng pagpatay sa OFW

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 01 07:54 PM

Posibleng magpatupad ulit ang gobyerno ng deployment ban sa bansang Kuwait kasunod ng panibagong kaso ng pagpatay sa isang manggagawang Pinoy roon, ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.   Read more »

Locsin to Kuwait envoy: Give murdered OFW justice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 01:05 AM

Locsin expressed to Kuwait Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh his displeasure over the death of a Filipina domestic worker in the hands of her employer’s wife.  Read more »

Filipina allegedly killed by employer's wife in Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 01:25 AM

A Filipino domestic worker in Kuwait was allegedly killed by her employer's wife, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Read more »

PH, Singapore helping families of car crash victims

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 01:16 AM

The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs released the identities of two Filipinos killed by a wayward driver in Singapore Sunday. Read more »

2 Pinoy patay matapos masagasaan ng kotse sa Singapore

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 09:43 PM

Nakikipag-ugnayan na ang Department of Foreign Affairs sa mga awtoridad sa Singapore para sa pagpapauwi sa mga labi ng mga biktima.  Read more »

No Pinoys hurt in Somalia car blast: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 02:08 PM

No Filipino was hurt after a massive car bomb killed dozens in Mogadishu, Somalia on Saturday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.   Read more »

Philippines no longer filing diplomatic protest vs Turkey

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 07:43 PM

The Philippines will no longer file a diplomatic protest against Turkey as its envoy in Manila took "swift response" on issues raised over its engagement with the Bangsamoro.  Read more »

Lapid wants lifetime passports for senior citizens

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 08:09 PM

Senior citizens should be given passports with lifetime validity top spare the elderly from the "rigorous process" of renewing their travel documents, Senator Lito Lapid said. Read more »

No Pinoy hurt in Albania quake - DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 05:11 AM

MANILA—No Filipino was hurt in a powerful quake that rocked Albania on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Read more »

Locsin says OFWs detained in Cambodia over job misunderstanding coming home

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 01:32 AM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday took to Twitter to announce that some Filipinos who were detained in Siem Reap in Cambodia are on their way home. Read more »

Pinoys in HK still safe, no need to evacuate: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 09:01 AM

MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sees no need to evacuate Filipinos at this time amid ongoing protests in the area. Read more »

No Pinoys hurt in Australia bushfires: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 02:36 PM

All Filipinos in Australia's east coast are safe from raging bushfires as of Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.   Read more »

2 Filipino seafarers kidnapped off Togo, DFA says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 09:30 PM

MANILA — Two Filipino sailors were kidnapped in the waters off West Africa, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Monday, bringing the total number of abducted Filipino seafarers in the region to 11. Read more »

Senate panel recommends removing PNP control over internal investigating body

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 09:38 PM

The PNP’s internal investigating body should be moved under the supervision of the Ombudsman or the justice department, the Senate blue-ribbon committee said. Read more »

32 distressed Pinoys return from Mexico, Egypt, Morocco: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 07:25 PM

The Filipinos, some of whom were either detained, figured in an accident or were victims of human trafficking abroad, arrived in Manila Tuesday night. Read more »

Australia proposes face scans for watching online pornography

Jamie Tarabay, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 30 07:48 AM

The Australian government has proposed using a facial recognition system it is developing to verify that people who seek to watch pornography online are of legal age. Read more »

DFA suspends consular services in parts of Mindanao due to quake

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 06:22 PM

Consular services in several Mindanao offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs are suspended Tuesday following a powerful earthquake that struck the southern Philippine island.   Read more »

Most Pinoys hurt in Egypt bus accident to come home soon: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 01:20 PM

Most of the 23 Filipinos involved in a bus accident in Mount Sinai, Egypt will return to the country in the "next few days," Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday. Read more »