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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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

After delay, 13 Pinoys from Iraq back in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 08:51 PM

The group was supposed to fly out of Baghdad via Doha at 10:30 p.m. on Monday night (3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Manila time) but was not able to fly out of the Baghdad International Airport due to exit visa problems. Read more »

DFA to Filipinos in Tripoli: Evacuate or request repatriation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 08:23 PM

Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Elmer Cato said 5 nurses fled a housing compound in Tarik Shuk District after it was struck by an artillery shell on Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 9, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 01:38 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Top diplomats exchange notes

Willy Kurniawan, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 03:22 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi exchange their signed notes during a signing ceremony and press briefing in Manila on Thursday. Read more »

No repatriation: Despite missile strike, OFWs near Iraq air base won't leave

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 11:14 AM

Despite missile attacks on a military base there, Filipinos working in Erbil in Iraq said it is highly unlikely that they will agree to be repatriated back to the Philippines. Read more »

PH ready to repatriate Filipinos in Iraq amid escalating tensions: embassy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 11:02 PM

In a statement Tuesday, the Philippine Embassy in Baghdad advised Filipinos requesting repatriation, or any other forms of assistance, to contact them. Read more »

Indonesia’s New Year’s message to China over the Natunas dispute: A game changer?

Romel Regalado Bagares*, VERA Files
Posted at Jan 05 09:31 PM

For the first time, a 3rd party ASEAN member-state invoked the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling in the South China Sea case filed by the Philippines 3 years earlier against Chinese expansionism. Read more »

Locsin on evacuating Filipinos in Iran: ‘Let’s wait where the situation goes’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 09:36 PM

The foreign affairs secretary said evacuating Filipinos in the region at this point "is like a sign of no faith in the intelligence of the countries involved." Read more »

DFA warns Pinoys not to travel to Iraq, as tensions in region escalate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 01:46 AM

The DFA has advised Filipinos in Iraq to coordinate with the Philippine Embassy there and their employers in the event that a mandatory evacuation is necessary. Read more »

Top PH diplomat welcomes 2020 with Chinese envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 06:15 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. celebrated the New Year with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Thursday at the latter's residence. Read more »

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 »

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