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Japan Embassy working to fast-track visa processing to 5 days

Manila, Feb. 4 -- The Japanese Embassy in Manila is working to process and return the visa applications it received down to five days despite the continuing surge in Filipino tourists seeking to visit... Read More


Japan funds $4.7-M fishery supply chain dev't project in BARMM

Manila, Feb. 4 -- The Japanese government is providing USD4.7 million (around PHP273 million) in grant aid to make fishing and aquaculture in the Bangsamoro more sustainable. The two-year program, w... Read More


DFA to expand with more foreign posts, passport centers

MANILA, Jan. 31 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is planning to widen its reach through the expansion of offices in the country as well as in Asia and the United States, said DFA Secretary E... Read More


ASEAN to play larger role in SCS, Myanmar issues under PH chairmanship

MANILA, Jan. 31 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the Philippine chairmanship in 2026 will try to play a larger role on issues besetting the region, including on the Myanmar ... Read More


Israel on Holocaust remembrance: Antisemitism exists to this day

MANILA, Jan. 31 -- The prejudice and discrimination against Jews -- the very movement that fueled the horrific and systematic killings of six million people under the Nazi rule during World War II -- ... Read More


PH monitors dev't in plane, chopper collision near Washington DC

Manila, Jan. 30 -- No Filipino has been reported hurt so far following the mid-air collision between a US military helicopter and an American Airlines commercial plane in the Potomac River near Arling... Read More


New Zealand scholarships open to Filipino applicants this Feb

Manila, Jan. 29 -- The New Zealand government will open applications for its Manaaki scholarships starting Feb. 1, the New Zealand Embassy in Manila announced Wednesday. The prestigious Manaaki New Z... Read More


NZ funds UNDP project to empower Mindanao indigenous women, girls

Manila, Jan. 29 -- The New Zealand government is providing PHP247 million (USD4.5 million) to fund a four-year project in Mindanao to help provide leadership skills and economic opportunities to indig... Read More