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China envoy confirms delivery of Sinovac vaccines in PH 'as early as next month'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 06:32 PM

COVID-19 vaccines developed by China-backed pharmaceutical company Sinovac may arrive "as early as next month," Beijing's envoy confirmed Friday, as he cited "new era of partnership" between the two countries amid the pandemic.  Read more »

PH in 'final stages' of securing Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, says envoy to US

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 14 10:40 AM

In a statement posted Wednesday on the Facebook page of the Philippine Embassy in Washington, Ambassador Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said the Philippines would be able to secure a "minimum" of 10 million vaccine doses from the firm.    Read more »

OPINION: From resilience to recovery

U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires John Law
Posted at Dec 30 03:03 PM

2020 has tested our resilience, but I am confident 2021 will be a year of recovery, as medical advancements enable us to better contain and treat the virus, and our economies reopen to support growth and development.  Read more »

Canada's envoy to PH says Pinay among first vaccinated vs COVID-19 in Canada

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 04:53 PM

In a tweet, Amb. Peter MacArthur identified the Filipino Personal Support Worker as Anita Quidagen, describing her as a "healthcare hero". Read more »

Duterte lauds outgoing South Korea envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 01:17 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte hailed the "excellent" work of South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-man in boosting the ties of Seoul and Manila during the latter's farewell call, the Filipino leader's office said Friday.  Read more »

Outgoing South Korean ambassador makes farewell call on Duterte at Malacañang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 11:21 PM

South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-man Thursday made his farewell call on President Duterte at Malacañang. Han is set to retire. Read more »

Visit of US defense chief to PH aims to create ‘chaos’ in region - Chinese envoy in Manila

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 05:56 PM

China’s ambassador to the Philippines on Tuesday said the visit of the acting US Secretary of Defense to Manila is aimed to create “chaos and confrontation in the region” in the last days of US President Donald Trump’s administration.  Read more »

Case vs ex-PH envoy to Brazil caught maltreating aide now under ‘formal investigation’

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 02:50 PM

The Department of Affairs' (DFA) case against recalled ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro? who was caught maltreating her helper in November “is already under formal investigation,” an official said Wednesday.  Read more »

Locsin says case vs Brazil envoy caught maltreating helper ‘moving'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 03:21 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. Tuesday said the case that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) filed against recalled Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro over the maltreatment of her helper is “moving.”  Read more »

Senado handang magbigay ng legal assistance sa minaltratong kasambahay: Zubiri

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 04:20 PM

MAYNILA - Handang tulungan ng Senado ang kasambahay na dumanas ng pagmamaltrato sa kamay ni dating Philippine Ambassador sa Brazil na si Marichu Mauro.   Read more »

Formal charge served on ex-envoy to Brazil over maltreatment of aide

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 01:19 PM

Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro was served a complaint Monday morning over her maltreatment of her Filipina domestic helper, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. Read more »

Ex-PH envoy to Brazil now back home

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 05:23 AM

MANILA - Former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro is back in the country, days after she was caught on video maltreating her Filipino domestic helper inside her residence in the Latin American country. Read more »

No Filipino casualty in strong Turkey earthquake, PH envoy says

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 31 03:33 PM

There were no immediate reports of Filipino casualties in the aftermath of the magnitude 7 earthquake that jolted the Aegean coast of Turkey Friday night, the country’s ambassador to Turkey said.  Read more »

DFA launches probe vs PH envoy to Brazil; help pours in for maltreated aide

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 11:49 PM

Financial and legal assistance poured in for the Filipino domestic helper who was maltreated by Philippine envoy to Brazil Marichu Mauro. Read more »

ALAMIN: Proseso ng imbestigasyon vs Marichu Mauro, ang nanggulping envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 08:35 PM

Binigyan ang DFA ng 15 araw para makapagbigay ng report sa Presidential Management Staff.      Read more »

Did PH envoy to Brazil maltreat other employees?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 11:04 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte allowed the Department of Foreign Affairs to probe the country's ambassador to Brazil who maltreated her Filipina helper. Read more »

Imbestigasyon sa 'nanggulping' ambassador pinayagan na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 09:35 PM

Alamin kung bakit kinailangan ng go-signal ni Pangulong Duterte ang gagawing imbestigasyon laban sa ambassador.  Read more »

Duterte OKs probe vs PH envoy over helper's abuse

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 02:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has given the green light for the Department of Foreign Affairs to investigate an ambassador's alleged abuse of her Filipina helper in Brazil, Malacañang said Thursday.  Read more »

DFA says ‘severe’ response awaits PH envoy over aide's abuse; President’s OK on probe sought

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 04:55 PM

MANILA — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday gave the assurance that the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) response to the case involving the Philippine envoy to Brazil's maltreatment of her Filipino household service staff “will be severe.”   Read more »

DFA probes PH envoy's maltreatment of household worker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 10:13 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs created a fact-finding team to investigate the maltreatment of a household worker by the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil.  Read more »