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DFA Won’t Raise Passport Fees This Year

DFA Won’t Raise Passport Fees This Year

Good news for those who want to renew or get for the first time a Philippine passport. There will be a freeze on passport processing fees this year, according to… Read more »

Government OKs Private Guards on Ships to Protect Seamen

Government OKs Private Guards on Ships to Protect Seamen

The Philippines has given Manila-flagged merchant vessels the go-ahead to employ private security on board to protect Filipino seafarers from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean,… Read more »

DFA to Review OFW Deployment to Iraq

DFA to Review OFW Deployment to Iraq

IN VIEW of the escalating violence in Iraq, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be assessing the security situation of Filipinos in the middle eastern country, the department said… Read more »

More Than 100,000 Reacquired Pinoy Citizenship

More Than 100,000 Reacquired Pinoy Citizenship

More than 100,000 people have reacquired Filipino citizenship under the Dual Citizenship Law, the immigration commissioner said yesterday. In a statement, Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said 116,059 individuals have… Read more »

Mobile Passport Schedule for March, April 2012

Mobile Passport Schedule for March, April 2012

The Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of Consular Affairs has announced the schedule of its Mobile Passport Services this March and April. Consular teams will be in the following areas on… Read more »

10 PH Embassies, Consulates to be Closed; Palau Appeals

10 PH Embassies, Consulates to be Closed; Palau Appeals

At least 10 Philippine embassies and consulates will be closed down this year because of budgetary constraints, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). However, the DFA has not… Read more »

Filipinos in Troubled South Sudan Asked to Leave

Filipinos in Troubled South Sudan Asked to Leave

The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised Filipinos to voluntarily leave South Sudan amid a deadly unrest in the northeastern African country. At the same time, Manila imposed a ban… Read more »

DFA, Saudi Embassy to Meet on DH Ban Lifting

DFA, Saudi Embassy to Meet on DH Ban Lifting

An official of the Saudi Arabia embassy in Manila on Wednesday expressed hopes that his government will soon settle issues on the ban in hiring Filipino household service workers (HSWs),… Read more »

Gov’t Adopts Measures to Protect Filipino Seamen

Gov’t Adopts Measures to Protect Filipino Seamen

The government has come up with a plan to minimize the risk Filipino seamen face from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, according to the Department… Read more »

DFA: Repatriation of OFWs From Syria to Cost P200 Million

DFA: Repatriation of OFWs From Syria to Cost P200 Million

It would cost the Philippine government around P200 million to repatriate all the 4,557 registered Filipino workers in Syria. Each overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Syria would need about $4,000… Read more »