ASEAN delegates reach Boracay
Delegates attending the Foreign Ministers Retreat of this year’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit have started arriving in ...
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DFA urged to save OFW on UAE death row
Senator Cynthia Villar has urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to step up its efforts to provide all possible ...
65 Filipino fishermen repatriated
Sixty-five Filipino fishermen who were apprehended by maritime enforcement agencies in the northern coast of the island of Sulawesi in ...
PH to help Pinoys hit by travel ban
The Philippine government has no qualms about the new immigration rules issued by US President Donald Trump but assured it ...
Another tragic story of an Overseas Filipino Worker
The execution of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in Kuwait last Wednesday was a harsh reminder to us that there ...
Gov’t to fight for condemned Pinoys
Malacañang said yesterday that it will continue to fight for overseas Filipino workers on Death Row even if the death ...
71 Pinoys on Death Row
There are at least 71 Overseas Filipino Workers on Death Row in various parts of the world, the Department of ...
Pinay hanged in Kuwait
Jakatia Pawa, an Overseas Filipino Worker who was sentenced to death for killing her employer’s daughter in 2007, was executed ...
President wants to visit China again
President Duterte will visit China in May to attend a multilateral summit, China’s foreign ministry said yesterday, his second visit ...
No formal offer yet to lead DFA – Alan
Sen. Alan Peter S. Cayetano said yesterday that he is ready to serve the government in any capacity that President ...
Aquino looks forward to return to private life
The outgoing President expressed confidence that he would leave behind a country in a much better state compared to when ...
Yasay, Panelo, Piñol, Dureza have good plans
The newly-elected President Rodrigo R. Duterte has almost finished selecting his power-house cabinet. Notable among them are Perfecto Yasay, Sal ...
PH, China still need to talk – Yasay
Incoming acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. believes that it is still necessary for the Philippines to engage China ...
CPP offered 4 key Cabinet posts
Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday offered four key Cabinet positions to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in the ...
Former DFA chief Siazon passes away
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo L. Siazon Jr., who negotiated the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States in 1998, ...
Gov’t vows fire victims’ repatriation
Malacañang has expressed sadness over the death of several Filipinos in a hotel fire in Iraq and promised to ensure ...