Stay updated with breaking news from Foreign Service Posts. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
At least 10 percent of the registered voters overseas or 170,000 voters have already cast their votes so far, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said during a press briefing on Thursday, April 28. An overseas Filipino in Bangladesh is among the early nationals to cast votes for the May 2022 n
LORD Leomer Pomperada, World Youth Alliance (WYA) president, was honored by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas as one of the recipients of the 2021 Presidential Awards for the Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas (PAFIOO). The PAFIOO is a biennial search for overseas-based individuals and organizations who have “dedicated their work…
A Filipino ambassador and his wife were ordered to return to the Philippines after the latter was seen on a video campaigning for presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. before a crowd of overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of
The Department of Foreign Affairs has recalled for “consultations" Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto after a video of his wife went viral, openly supporting a presidential candidate and chiding Filipino workers to “flirt” with their employers if they were not allowed to go out to vote. “The DFA…
MANILA - To prove it is serious in prohibiting its officers and staff here and abroad from engaging in partisan political activities, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has instructed one of its envoys to go home following his wife's perceived violation of rules. Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto's wife, Jo, was reported to have encouraged the Philippine community in an online meeting to vote while wearing a red shirt bearing the initials of a presidential candidate. DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Gonar Musor, said on Saturday th...