DFA readies new passport fee setup

Inquirer.net 06/10/2018

Starting next month, passport applicants in Metro Manila will have to pay the full processing fee and an additional P50 so-called “convenience fee” as soon as they book an online appointment to apply for or renew their…

DFA EXCUSES

MAO BA? 05/06/2018

A public appeal by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for Filipinos to avoid booking a passport appointment unless it’s urgent angered netizens. Cebuano_Ako said, “check your own backyard as to why passport appointments are gone in…

DFA to open main consular office on Saturdays

Inquirer.net 02/04/2018

THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it would open its main consular office in Parañaque City every Saturday starting on February 10 to process more passport applications. “In our effort to meet the huge demand for…

Eight new DFA regional consular offices in 2018

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/11/2017

The traditional Christmas gathering hosted by His Excellency, the kindly Frank Benedicto, is usually a time for the former PH Ambassador to Singapore, Ottawa, Beijing, Seoul and Brazil to keep track of his long-time media friends. But…

The long road for a Philippine passport

Nestle Semilla 09/25/2017

CONCLUSION The acting director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Central Visayas (DFA-7), Emmanuel Espineli, explains that the DFA-7 office in Mandaue City handles passport applications from all over the country as many residents from neighboring provinces…

DFA sends aid to 20 PH crewmen jailed in Libya

Inquirer.net 08/30/2017

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) vowed on Wednesday to assist the 20 Filipino seafarers recently detained in Libya for alleged fuel smuggling. Libyan authorities have assured the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli that the seafarers detained on…

DFA calls on N. Korea to halt dangerous missile attacks

Inquirer.net 08/29/2017

The Philippines urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to stop its dangerous actions, after it launched a missile attack over Japan on Tuesday morning. “We call on the DPRK to halt these dangerous and provocative…

DFA opens more appointment slots for passport renewal, application

Inquirer.net 08/24/2017

  Thousands of appointment slots for passport renewal and application are now open, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Thursday. Assistant Secretary Frank Cimafranca of the Office of Consular Affairs said an additional 94,350 slots…

7K undocumented OFWs fail to beat amnesty deadline — DFA

Inquirer.net 06/27/2017

Nearly 7,000 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia failed to beat the Saudi government’s deadline to voluntarily leave the country. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said these overstaying OFWs will not be jailed but…

US Navy destroyer collides with PH ship

06/17/2017

Seven crew members were reported missing while two others were injured TOKYO — Seven crew on a US destroyer were missing and their commander injured Saturday after their Navy destroyer collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off…

Legarda to PH gov’t: Ratify Paris climate accord

11/04/2016

SENATOR Loren Legarda has renewed her call for the Philippines to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, saying the country has nothing to lose “but everything to gain with it.” In particular, Legarda urged all concerned…

Workers to stay home as four Saudi employers on watch list

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/31/2016

THE regional Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) suspended the processing of the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) for workers bound for four employers placed on its watch list in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Evelia Durato, chief…

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