DFA to help Filipina under hospital arrest in Kuwait for felony

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will extend all possible assistance to a Filipina domestic helper in Kuwait being held by authorities there for allegedly stabbing her employer. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait was assisting Ulambai Singgayan, the distressed household service worker from Maguindanao, and was in touch with […]

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No information of Filipino casualties in Florida shooting — DFA

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is monitoring the situation of the Filipino community in Jacksonville Landing, Florida, in the US following a shooting incident on Sunday that left three people dead and 11 others wounded. At the same time, the DFA, through the Philippine embassy in Washington D.C. expressed its sympathies to the families of […]

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PH mourns passing of ‘true friend’

THE Philippines, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), mourned the death of United States (US) Sen. John McCain who it described as a “true friend of the Philippines.” “We deeply mourn the death of Sen. John McCain, a true friend of the Philippines and one of our champions in the United States Congress,” said […]

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DFA mourns passing of former envoy

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) mourned the passing of former ambassador Apolinario Lozada Jr, Tuesday. RELATED STORY: Former Ambassador Lozada dies “I join the men and women of the Foreign Service in mourning the passing of an astute diplomat and legislator in Ambassador Lozada,” said Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. “I send my condolences […]

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Former Ambassador Lozada dies at 67

FORMER ambassador Jose Apolinario Lozada, Jr., has died, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). He was 67. Elmer Cato, the Foreign Affairs acting assistant secretary for public diplomacy, said in a Facebook post: “The last time I was with Ambassador Jose Apolinario Lozada Jr. was at the Command and General Staff College of […]

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Cayetano won’t go to Sandy Cay just to prove PH still controls the area

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday said it would not be prudent for him to go to Sandy Cay just to prove that the Philippines still has control over the area.

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