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DFA orders repatriation of Filipinos aboard virus-hit cruise ship in Japan

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Posted at Feb 19 12:44 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has ordered the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo "to immediately repatriate" Filipinos aboard Diamond Princess off Japan's coast after the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship completed a 2-week quarantine. Read more »

Number of coronavirus-afflicted Filipinos in Japan cruise ship rises to 11

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Updated as of Feb 14 07:18 AM

The number of Filipinos confirmed to have contracted the new coronavirus while on board a quarantined cruise ship moored off Japan has climbed to 11, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. Read more »

Dela Rosa 'bothered' over VFA cancellation notice

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 07:31 PM

Philippine Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Tuesday said he is "bothered" by the government's official notification to withdraw from the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with its longtime ally the United States. Read more »

US: PH intent to cancel VFA a 'serious step with significant implications' on alliance

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Posted at Feb 11 05:40 PM

The Philippines' intent to terminate its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States is a "serious step with significant implications" on the long-standing alliance between the two countries, the United States Embassy in Manila said Tuesday.  Read more »

Philippines sends supplies to Filipinos trapped in virus epicenter Wuhan

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Posted at Feb 08 12:34 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has distributed relief goods to Filipinos who are trapped in Wuhan City, China, the ground zero of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

DFA repatriation team arrives in Wuhan City

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Updated as of Feb 06 11:44 PM

MANILA - A repatriation team of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has arrived in China's Wuhan City to finalize the preparations to bring home Filipinos from Hubei province, the epicenter of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Locsin says PH can't ask US to start unprovoked war under defense pact

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 06:15 PM

Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday urged Cabinet officials to ask the United States to take back disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea for the Philippines to "test" the world's strongest power's commitment to its military alliance with the country. Read more »

ALAMIN: Proseso ng pag-quarantine sa mga Pinoy na uuwi galing Hubei, China

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Updated as of Feb 06 08:01 PM

Malayo sa mga ordinaryong pag-uwi sa bansa ang pagdadaanan ng mga Pinoy na uuwi galing Hubei, ang lalawigan sa China na nakasasakop sa lungsod na sinasabing pinagmulan ng isang bagong strain ng coronavirus.   Read more »

Philippines yet to send VFA termination notice to US as Locsin insists on review

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 09:05 PM

The Philippines has yet to formally notify the United States of its intention to unilaterally withdraw from the two countries' Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) two weeks after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the move, Manila's top diplomat said Thursday. Read more »

IN NUMBERS: How beneficial is VFA to the Philippines?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 04:13 PM

The Philippines received nearly $1 billion-worth (P50.73 billion) of military equipment, training, aid and funding for various projects from 2016 to 2019 alone, Locsin said in a Senate inquiry that sought to weigh the beneficiality of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to revoke last month.   Read more »

Terminating VFA to negatively impact Philippines, says DFA's Locsin

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Updated as of Feb 06 07:47 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the country would be at the losing end should it choose to terminate the VFA. Read more »

Bangkay ng OFW mula sa Abu Dhabi, naiuwi na

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Updated as of Feb 04 08:21 AM

Naiuwi na sa bansa ang bangkay ng 32 anyos na overseas Filipino worker sa Abu Dhabi Lunes ng gabi sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport.  Read more »

Repatriation of Filipinos from China virus epicenter to start first week of February: DFA

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Posted at Feb 03 07:47 PM

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella said 42 Filipinos in the Chinese province of Hubei, where the virus originated, have expressed their desire to go home. Read more »

DFA suspends issuing visas to foreigners arriving from China

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Updated as of Feb 03 03:25 AM

The announcement is a response to the novel coronavirus threat that has stoked worries internationally. Read more »

Locsin lauds Kuwait’s move to file charges vs slain Filipina maid’s employers

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Updated as of Jan 30 04:29 AM

Foreign Affairs secretary Teddy Boy Locsin on Wednesday thanked Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh following reports that overseas filipino worker Jeanelyn Villavende’s employers have been charged with murder. Read more »

Wuhan virus: Mga Pinoy sa Hubei province ng China puwedeng umuwi kung gusto

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Updated as of Jan 29 07:19 PM

Pero kailangan munang ma-quarantine ang mga uuwing Pilipino sa loob nang 2 linggo, ayon Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay. Read more »

PH consulate to bring home Pinoys from China's virus-hit Hubei province

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Updated as of Jan 28 11:28 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. has ordered the Philippine consulate in Shanghai to start processing the repatriation of Filipinos in China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. Read more »

Philippines ready to help Australia, DFA chief says

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 01:13 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said the Philippines is ready to help Australia as it battles bushfires in parts of the country.  Read more »

DFA, nagbabala sa pagdadala ng meat products sa South Korea

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 01:15 AM

Pinapaalalahanan ng Department of Foreign Affairs ang mga nais magtungo sa South Korea na sumunod sa pagbabawal sa pagdadala ng animal at livestock products. Read more »

Citing economic and security concerns, 30 Pinoys in Haiti repatriated

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Posted at Jan 16 09:52 PM

The DFA said the Filipino community in Haiti petitioned the repatriation because of the unstable economic and security situation there.    Read more »