Manila, May 2 -- Several Consular Offices (COs) will be resuming operations beginning May 4 (Monday), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Saturday.

Included in the list of COs that will resume its operations and serve the public starting Monday are the COs in Cotabato, La Union, Puerto Princesa, Santiago, and Tuguegarao. The rest of the COs in Luzon will still be closed until the end of the extended community quarantine (ECQ).

COs in Visayas and Mindanao such as Butuan, Dumaguete, General Santos, Tacloban, and Clarin have remained open to the public throughout most or all of the quarantine period.

However, as Misamis Occidental is under modified general community quarantine (GCQ) until May 15, applicants of CO Clarin from o...