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‘Ranking DFA exec authorized rescue of distressed OFWs’

By Pia Lee-Brago | April 27, 2018 - 12:00am

It was a ranking foreign affairs official who had authorized intensified operations to rescue distressed workers in Kuwait,...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Deadly argument

October 22, 2015 - 10:00am

Unlike ambassadors and other diplomats, consular officers normally do not enjoy full immunity from arrest, detention and prosecution in the host country.

Opinion

China to take custody of suspects in killing of Chinese diplomats

By Jim Gomez | October 22, 2015 - 6:09am

Beijing has claimed diplomatic immunity for a Chinese couple suspected in the shooting deaths of two Chinese diplomats and...

Headlines

Venezuela to sanction US officials, limit diplomatic personnel, require visas for Americans

March 1, 2015 - 9:13am

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Saturday that his government will deny visas to a number of United States officials whom he called "terrorists", including former president George W. Bush and senators...

World

China issues travel warning on Phl

September 13, 2014 - 12:00am

China warned its citizens yesterday not to travel to the Philippines after a Chinese teenager who worked in a family-run store...

Headlines

5 bad habits Pinoy drivers don’t even know are wrong

By James Deakin | July 16, 2014 - 12:00am

Everywhere you go in the world, you’ll notice that there are always local variations to things to suit the culture.

Motoring

HR group backs abused Pinays

By Edu Punay | August 24, 2013 - 12:00am

Over 70 Filipino women abused during World War II got yesterday the backing of a Berlin-based human rights group for their demand for official apology and other reparations from the Japanese government.

Headlines

Phl gov't granted access to detained Filipinos in Sabah

March 22, 2013 - 9:00pm

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today that Malaysia has granted the Philippine government's request to have access to all detained Filipinos in Sabah, including the eight who have been charged with terrorism-related...

Headlines

Assange urges US to end Wikileaks 'witch hunt'

August 20, 2012 - 8:57am

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange portrayed himself Sunday as a victim of an American "witch hunt" over his secret-spilling website in a defiant address from the balcony of an embassy where he has holed...

The Schks case - the DFA acted in our national interest

By Ambassador Hermenegildo C. Cruz (Ret.) | June 22, 2012 - 12:00am

There is a major problem when discussing the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Letters to the Editor