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Org. Setting and Reporting This position is located in the Grants Management Unit of the Donor Relations Section (DRS), Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Branch, Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) located in Geneva. OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies and natural disasters. OCHA also ensures ther...

Liberia: Somalia Drive Poised for Dedication; To be Renamed Japan Freeway Liberia: Somalia Drive Poised for Dedication; To be Renamed Japan Freeway Share Monrovia – The visiting Japanese Ambassador accredited to Liberia, His Excellency HIMENO Tsutomu, has disclosed that work on the Somalia Drive, soon to be renamed the ‘Japan Freeway’ is expected to be completed in May 2021. The Japanese Envoy indicated that His Government is very pleased with progress being made thus far and the level of...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This directive was contained in Note No. 2021-0592 dated February 5, 2021 addressed to all accredited diplomatic missions in the Philippines.  “The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines presents its compliments to all Diplomatic Missions accredited to the Republic of the Philippines and has the honor to inform the latter that all foreign government funding intended for Philippine non-government organizations (NGOs), regardless of mode o...

16th February 2021 Timothy Marsland’s ploy to defeat the ends justice has collapsed. Marsland who co-owned liquidated Capital Management Botswana (CMB) with Rapula Okaile has been languishing in jail since 2019. His appeal for unlawful detention was thrown out by the South African Supreme Court of Appeal last week. He is co-accused with his liquidated company of defrauding the Botswana Public Officers Pensioners Fund (BPOPF) millions of Pula. Delivering judgement, the Court said the core...

Increased engagement with the Central Asian region can lead to mutually beneficial gains — both in economic and strategic terms.

Published February 2, 2021, 6:54 PM Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippine Coast Guard  (PCG) has “zero authority” to allow Chinese survey vessel, Jia Geng, to stay in Philippine waters since the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) only gave the ship “emergency shelter” at the behest of the Chinese Embassy in Manila. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Twitter) Locsin made this clarification in the wake of reports that Jia Geng anchored o...

Published February 2, 2021, 2:27 PM Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippine Coast Guard  (PCG) has “zero authority” to allow Chinese survey vessel, Jia Geng, to stay in Philippine waters since the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) only gave the ship “emergency shelter” at the behest of the Chinese Embassy in Manila. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin made this clarification in the wake of rep...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has released the date for the burial of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings.

Rawlings passed away at the age of 73 in the early hours of Thursday, November 12, 2020. He is said to have died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he was on admission after falling sick. Late former president Jerry John Rawlings Pulse Ghana Giving details of the former President’s funeral rites, the Ministry said Rawlings will be laid in state from 24th to 26th January at the Foyer of the Accra International Conference Center. I...

Japan supports rehabilitation of flood-damaged roads in KPK Format Japan approves disbursement of over Rs.820 million The Government of Japan has approved the disbursement of Rs.820,686,231 from the Counter Value Fund to support the “Project of Rehabilitation of Flood Damaged Rural Roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The Embassy of Japan issued a Note Verbale for its approval on January 6, 2021. Reinforce agriculture-based rural economy by road rehabilitation Japan has received a request from ...