Share In between uprising protests in the United Kingdom, the Philippine government will not yet enforce  a ban on the deployment of Filipinos there. "Wala pang recommendation ang embassy at mga authorities natin na gumawa ng travel advisory para sa London (Neither the embassy or our authorities there have made any recommendation to [Continue reading]

Share Overseas Filipino workers were warned by  Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)  against illegal recruiters pretending to represent a new hotel in Macau. Based on  the DFA statement, the Galaxy Entertainment Group, operator of a large, new hotel in Macau, wrote to the Philippine Consulate to report cases of fraud involving the [Continue reading]

Share Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has received reports from the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen  that family members of Ramon Credo and Sally Villanueva, two of the three Filipinos facing death sentence  in China for drug trafficking, arrived Sunday at 10:53 a.m. at the Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport. They were [Continue reading]

Share The Department of Foreign Affairs lifted the alert level 2 in Yemen, according to a press conference aired live on television Thursday. Alert level 2 informs  Filipinos to limit their actions but to get ready for quick relocation to safer, pre-designated areas. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis said that contingency plans in [Continue reading]

Share The suffering of 78 Filipinos facing the death sentence in China due to  drug smuggling "should serve as a wake-up call" to overseas Filipino workers and other Filipino travelers, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday. "No amount of money can ever justify taking the risks involved in breaking the law," DFA [Continue reading]

Share Aquino administration will focus on tougher measures to eradicate human trafficking.   During a one-on-one interview with GMA’s Sandra Aguinaldo with the President, Aquino said that the authorities are currently pursuing those who engage in human trafficking, GMA news report said. The Dept of Labor and Employment, Dept of Foreign [Continue reading]

Share   A year after Cesar Mancao implicated Senator Panfilo Lacson in Dacer-Corbito killing case, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has finally stepped up by cancelling both Lacson’s regular and diplomatic passport.  Seven months ago, the Manila RTC issued an arrest warrant after 2 counts of murder charges were filed against [Continue reading]

Share   Reports has it, 400 children, including an undecided number of Filipinos, may be deported from Israel Share [Continue reading]

Share Justice was somehow served when a native of South Africa has been sentenced up to 30 years in prison by a London court, responsible for the  killing of a Filipina nurse whose body he stuffed in luggage last year. Share [Continue reading]

Share     Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo assured that the agency is continuously looking at different aspects to further improve its services, particularly passport processing. In a luncheon with the Department of Foreign Affairs Press Corps, Romulo said that DFA is already looking at other strategies to fast-track passport [Continue reading]