Department of Foreign Affairs Archives

Museo del Galeon to relive romance of the high seas

Former Senate president Edgardo J. Angara had called it an “executive preview” while the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) had termed it “a soft-opening,” but

Azkals kick off 71st anniversary of United Nations

The United Nations exhibit, “71/17,” referring to the anniversary of the world body as well as its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), was mounted at SM Mall of Asia, naturellement. Done in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the happening, dahlings, charted the progress of the United Nations in the past 71 years.

PH makes its debut at the Venice Architecture Biennale

The Philippines makes its debut at Venice Architecture Biennale

‘Muhon,’ PH entry to Venice Architecture Biennale, unveiled

The Philippine Arts in Venice Biennale Coordinating Committee, composed of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Office of Sen. Loren Legarda, presents to the media the curatorial team, Leandro V. Locsin Partners, and the architects and artists behind the Philippine Pavilion’s exhibition, “Muhon: Traces of An Adolescent City,” which is the official Philippine participation at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale.

Our woman in Hawaii blooms where she’s thrown

DR. Gina Jamoralin, Philippine Consul General in Hawaii, has a knack for being in the right place at the right time.

Staff up in arms against Latin American ambassador

Shock greeted the country’s diplomatic community on the first Monday of the year, following the unauthorized circulation of a letter decrying a Latin American ambassador’s alleged “inhumane and degrading” treatment of Filipinos in his staff.

Cebu’s consular corps brushes up on protocol

The Cebu chapter of the Consular Corps of the Philippines held a lively meeting over lunch at Salon Andalucia of the Casino Español de Cebu. Presiding was its chair Emily Benedicto Chioson, honorary consul of Israel.

Vigan in running for Wonder City tag

Here’s one list the country would be proud to be on for a change. The Department of Foreign Affairs is calling on Filipinos worldwide to vote for the heritage city of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, in the New7Wonders Cities campaign, a global competition initiated by Swiss nonprofit New7Wonders Foundation.

On war–and raising our children

I don’t know about you, but I am a bit nervous about the flexing of muscles and threatening posture of North Korea. Is it just I, or are you worried too? Do you lose sleep over the almost casual way media carries the news? I do.