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'Bakunang ipadadala sa malalayong lugar ibabatay sa storage requirement'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 08:53 PM

Ibabatay sa storage requirements at hindi sa efficacy rate kung anong bakuna ang maipapadala sa malalayong lugar. Read more »

Vaccine passport might be used for border control once widely implemented- Vergeire

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 01:30 PM

MANILA — A health official on Friday said that the certificate received by people who will be vaccinated against COVID-19 can be used as a requirement for border control once it is widely used.   Read more »

Taiwan's new passport hopes to banish confusion with China

Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 02:45 PM

Taiwan rolled out a newly redesigned passport on Monday that gives greater prominence to the island's day-to-day name, aiming to avoid confusion with China amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Beijing's stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty. Read more »

How powerful is the Philippine passport in 2021?

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Jan 09 03:08 PM

Ranking on the 77th spot of the Henley Passport Index, holders can travel visa free in 66 destinations.   Read more »

DFA warns passport applicants vs seeking help from strangers online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 01:47 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday warned the public against seeking assistance on setting up passport appointments on social media. Read more »

DOT welcomes proposals for COVID-19 passport to facilitate international travel

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

The Department of Tourism welcomed proposals for a “COVID-19 passport” that would supposedly indicate if a traveller has been vaccinated. In a message, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said the DOT, together with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), will look into the proposals. Read more »

'COVID passport' will be essential when international travel reopens: Cebu Pacific boss

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 03:40 PM

COVID-19 "passports" to show peoples' inoculation and infection history will be "essential" when the Philippines opens up international travel, the head of the country's largest budget carrier said Monday.  Read more »

WHO looks at e-certificates for COVID-19 vaccination

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 02:03 PM

The World Health Organization said it was considering introducing electronic vaccination certificates, as hopes for an end to the pandemic were boosted after Britain became the first country to approve use of a COVID-19 vaccine. 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 »

House panel OKs bill granting 50pct passport fee discount for senior citizens, PWDs

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 02:13 PM

The House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday approved a bill granting senior citizens and persons with disabilities up to 50 percent discount in getting passports. Read more »

EU takes legal action against 'golden passport' schemes in Cyprus, Malta

Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 09:25 PM

BRUSSELS - The European Union's executive said on Tuesday it was launching legal action against Cyprus and Malta over their investor citizenship programs, also known as "golden passport" schemes.   Read more »

Mag-asawang Chinese nagbayad umano ng P800,000 para makakuha ng PH passport

Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 08:15 PM

LUCENA CITY — Arestado ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) nitong Huwebes ang 3 Chinese dito sa siyudad na nagtangka umanong kumuha ng Philippine passport gamit ang mga pekeng dokumento. Read more »

Taiwan unveils new passport to avoid confusion with mainland China

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 02 06:39 PM

The move is likely to anger China, which regards Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting unification by force if necessary. Read more »

'Return of the son' - ex-NBA star Jeremy Lin gets Taiwan passport

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 05:37 PM

Former NBA star Jeremy Lin has obtained a passport from Taiwan, his ancestral home, officials said, just weeks after completing a season with China's Beijing Ducks. Read more »

DOH: Testing for coronavirus is not an immunity passport

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 07:33 PM

"We are still reminding the general public that prevention is still the best, and testing is not an immunity passport," Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Friday. Read more »

Back to work? Not without a check-in app, immunity passport

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 06 09:25 AM

To go anywhere in Singapore these days, Joni Sng needs mobile phone apps and other technologies: a QR code to enter shops, a digital map to see how crowded a mall or park is, and a tracker to show if she was near someone infected with the coronavirus.   Read more »

DFA taps PayMaya for cashless passport payments

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 01:52 PM

Credit card and debit card payments for passport transactions are now accepted after the government tapped mobile wallet platform PayMaya, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.  Read more »

Passport application: Courtesy lane seekers need online appointment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 02:20 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday senior citizens and other Filipinos availing the courtesy lane facility should set online appointments for passport services as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Read more »

'Immunity passports' proposal stirs debate as new normal in travel looms

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 02:01 PM

Governments and organizations around the world are mulling the use of hotly-debated "immunity passports" aimed at easing pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions on movements. Read more »

DFA: Passport applications, renewal may resume in areas under general quarantine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 12:38 PM

MANILA - Passport applications can continue in areas where the enhanced community quarantine is lifted, but consular offices catering to such will have to endure "longer" turnaround periods, a Department of Foreign Affairs official said.  Read more »