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THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will leave no stone unturned to ensure that justice is served in the death of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Ma. Constancia Lago Dayag in Kuwait.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. personally met Anthony Padilla, Romeo Manabat and Roderick Rivera, who arrived on a Philippine Airlines flight from United Arab Emirates escorted by Ambassador Haycelyn Quintana, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2.

Embassy Charge d’Affaires Mohd Noordin Pendosina N. Lomondot also said that the Embassy has requested Kuwait’s General Forensics and Evidence Department to expedite the release of the forensic report, which is usually processed within four to six weeks.

The Secretary said the Department of Finance informed him that Canadian representatives did not show up in a meeting with Philippine Customs officials prompting Locsin to recall the diplomats assigned in Canada.

State-run Social Security System is committed to give overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) higher social security benefits especially during their retirement as it pushes to implement the compulsory coverage of OFWs mandated under Republic Act 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs – Overseas Voting Secretariat (DFA-OVS) said that despite numerous challenges on the conduct and management of elections overseas, Philippine Embassies and Consulates General have pulled through, with the 2019 midterm elections having the highest voter turnout for any Senatorial and Party List election.

HIV causes AIDS, or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, which destroys the human body’s natural ability to fight off all kinds of infections. Though the condition still does not have any known cure, antiretroviral therapy has been known to slow down the virus.

THE Department of Labor and Employment is set to open a P550 million hospital with state-of the-art facilities for overseas Filipino workers.

Labor Secretary Silvestre H.

NICOSIA — Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday sacked the country’s police chief, as shock over the murders of seven foreign women and girls gave way to outrage at the authorities for a botched response.

The suspect, a 35-year-old Greek Cypriot army officer, has allegedly confessed to killing five foreign women and two of their daughters in a crime spree that went undetected for nearly three years.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Philippine Embassy in Athens, is monitoring developments in the investigations involving the murders of three Filipinas in Cyprus.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s approval rating has slid since release of the Russia investigation report, but instead of emerging bolstered in the 2020 presidential race, Democrats are torn over triggering impeachment proceedings that risk muddling their electoral message.

THE Philippine Embassy in Libya yesterday said the number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are willing to return home have increased as fighting in the Libyan capital and its neighboring areas escalate.

SOME 2,890 Filipino nurses hoping to practice their profession in America took the U.S. licensure examination for the first time from January to March this year, a lawmaker said yesterday.

WITH the onset of the overseas absentee voting, reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar urged all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Filipinos already living abroad to exercise their right to vote.