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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to go on official visit to PH

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Posted at Jan 10 08:56 PM

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be going on an official visit to the Philippines next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday. Read more »

Locsin says US can weather 'civil disturbance' as chaos erupts at Capitol

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 04:54 PM

Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the riot at the US Capitol was a "parody" of the 1986 Philippine people power revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship peacefully. Read more »

Expansion of PH travel ban over new COVID-19 variant to be based solely on official reports- DOH

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Posted at Jan 05 08:29 PM

MANILA — The health and foreign affairs departments will make recommendations on expanding the list of countries covered by the Philippines' travel ban over the new COVID-19 variant based on reports confirmed by official channels of foreign governments, the Department of Health said Tuesday.    Read more »

DFA to Filipinos abroad: Postpone trips home amid travel limits over new COVID-19 variant

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Posted at Jan 02 05:26 PM

In a statement Saturday, the DFA said it would be better for Filipinos to reconsider travelling to the Philippines until just the end of travel restrictions on Jan. 15 to avoid inconvenience. Read more »

Bahrain lauded for protecting Filipinos working there

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 09:52 PM

Foreign affairs officials on Wednesday thanked Bahrain for being a “leader in the region” in protecting migrant workers, including many overseas Filipino workers.    Read more »

Dropped the ball or not, Duque must see pandemic through to the end, says Locsin

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Posted at Dec 23 05:07 PM

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III must remain in his post through the end of the pandemic, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Wednesday, despite supposed mishandling of a COVID-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer.   Read more »

DFA sends home over 13,000 OFWs a week before Christmas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 10:51 PM

In total, the number of Filipinos repatriated since February reached 314,158, according to the DFA.    Read more »

Ilang opisyal nagpatutsadahan ukol sa kinahinatnan ng Pfizer vaccine deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 07:46 PM

Hindi nila pinangalanan kung sino ito pero ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque tuloy pa ang negosasyon sa Pfizer.  Read more »

DFA chief says he did job amid questions on ‘missed’ Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine order

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 05:00 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. insisted that he and Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez did their job amid questions that the Philippines allegedly “missed the bus” in the race to get the first batch of vaccines from Pfizer.   Read more »

Somebody ‘dropped the ball?’ Duque says negotiations with Pfizer still ongoing

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 03:50 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday assured the public that negotiations with pharmaceutical firm Pfizer for its COVID-19 vaccine are ongoing, following reports that the country supposedly almost missed the opportunity to secure the vaccines.    Read more »

DFA: 10 more Filipinos abroad sick with COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 10:07 PM

No new recoveries or fatalities were recorded, the DFA added. Read more »

Ninoy Aquino and the Jabidah massacre

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Dec 12 03:08 AM

Recalling this shocking carnage that happened 52 years ago, perpetrated and covered up by gov't, requires a bit of a history refresher; and a remembrance, more especially because the cover-up and denial continue to be a cocky and vainglorious endeavor pursued by the Marcos family's well-funded revisionist cadre of trolls.  Read more »

DFA: COVID-19 cases among Pinoys abroad spike with 591 new infections

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 12:17 AM

The DFA did not say why the number of new cases, reportedly daily, shot up to nearly 600, a number that usually runs in the double digits.   Read more »

Arrest warrant vs Joma Sison won't be enforced inside PH embassies: Locsin

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 05:25 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday said he was not inclined to have Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison should he visit the Philippine embassy in the Netherlands. Read more »

DFA: COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad reach 11,671

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Posted at Dec 05 09:03 PM

The total coronavirus death toll among Filipinos abroad stands at 846 after no new fatalities were recorded. Read more »

PH embassy in Japan to increase passport processing capacity once situation ‘stabilizes’

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 05:09 PM

In a statement, the embassy said it has limited its passport services to “an appointments-only system” since it reopened to the public after the state of emergency in Japan was lifted, due to prevailing COVID-19 restrictions. 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 »

'We've got your back,' US security adviser tells PH amid political developments in America

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 06:41 PM

MANILA - Visiting US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien on Monday gave the assurance that the Philippines has the support of the United States whatever happens politically in his home country, as he also called on China to abide by the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea. Read more »

DFA kinalampag para kumilos sa rape case ng binatang anak ng diplomat

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Posted at Nov 20 09:48 PM

Hustisya at tulong ang hiling ng pamilya ng batang lalaki na iniulat noong 2017 na ginahasa ng kaklase sa India. 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 »