EMBASSY CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY, O1 MAY 2013
In accordance with the Presidential Proclamation No. 459, declaring the regular holidays, special non-working holidays and special holidays for the year 2013, the Embassy will be closed on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 in celebration of Labor Day for regular services but will be opened for the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV).
Regular office hours will resume on Thursday, 02 May 2013.
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IT'S TIME TO VOTE FOR 12 SENATORS AND ONE PARTY LIST. VOTING PERIOD FROM 13 APRIL - 13 MAY 2013.
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Please come to the Embassy and vote. We are open for voting daily starting from 13 April 2013 until 13 May 2013. To accomodate more voters, the voting time now is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from Saturday until Thursday. And every Friday, it's open at 11:00 am until 7:00 pm. Then on the last day of voting 13 May 2013, the Embassy will be open from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm.
To check if you are registered, please click the following:
CERTIFIED LIST OF OVERSEAS VOTERS IN KUWAIT
LIST OF REACTIVATED VOTERS WHO FAILED TO VOTE TWICE DURING 2007 AND 2010
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EMBASSY AND LABOR OFFICERS FORM COMPOSITE LEGAL TEAM
A Composite Legal Team of embassy and labor officials and case officers will tackle OFW cases in a comprehensive and united approach to ensure all avenues are explored towards just resolution of cases. These cases range from maltreatment to sexual and physical abuse.
The team will be working with select local lawyers of known integrity and competence. Abused OFWs will not be asked to pay fees or commissions to lawyers. They may also change or choose their own lawyers if they wish.
Legal fees will be taken from arbitral awards decreed by a judge or an adjudication mechanism at the investigation level. OFWs will not pay these fees. The local lawyers will work for awards that are just.
This protocol or procedure in working with local lawyers will promote transparency in embassy and Philippine labor office legal assistance.
Also, OFWs will not be forced to settle but will be advised to file cases and go all the way to prosecution.
In a wider context, the Legal Team will study the existing sponsorship or ‘kafala’ system in Kuwait to assess see if Filipino domestics should still come here. In the sponsorship system, the domestics stay inside the homes where they work. It is inside homes where abuse occurs. In other jurisdictions, domestics ‘stay-out’ and regularly report for work.
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The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is mounting the Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival, Manila 2013 on 07-10 August 2013 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
The Festival is in connection with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers, CCP’s resident choral group, and to honor its founder instrumental in the promotion of choral music all over the Philippines, National Artist for Music Andrea O. Veneration.
CCP is extending its invitation to choirs all over the world to compete in any or all of the three (3) competition categories: Chamber Choir, Vocal Ensemble, and Folk Music.
Full details of the Competition and information on the mechanics can be accessed through the following links:
31 October 2012
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- ADVISORY
In light of the recent attack at the Consulate of the United States (US) in Libya, and the anti-US protests spreading to Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Indonesia, Bangladesh and recently Kuwait, Filipino nationals are advised to avoid unnecessary visits to areas and establishments which may be possible targets of anti-US demonstrations in Kuwait.
Filipinos working in or residing near possible target areas of said demonstrations are advised to exercise a high degree of vigilance.
Kindly report any Filipino casualty arising from said demonstrations at Philippine Embassy hotline 65184433.
Embassy of the Philippines, 14 September 2012
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- Donation for Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) Victims
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- NEW LOCATION OF PHILIPPINE EMBASSY
The Embassy of the Philippines wishes to inform the Public that it has moved in to a new location in Faiha, Block 6. Nouman bin Basher St. corner Damascus St. Villa 153
It can be reached through telephone numbers 22528422, 22511806 and 65184433.
Location map
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Philippine Position on Bajo de Masinloc and the Waters Within Its Vicinity
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Republic of the Philippines
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills
Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila
ADVISORY
March 6, 2012
The Commission advises the public that the registration of CACERES LENDING INVESTOR COMPANY with SEC Registration No. A199909295 as a partnership has already expired in 2009. Moreover, it has NOT been issued a Certificate of Authority (CA) to Operate as a Lending Company pursuant to R.A. 9474 or the Lending Company Regulation Act of 2007 and is therefore, NOT ALLOWED to engage in the business of lending anywhere in the Philippines.
Furthermore, the records of the Commission do not show the registration of GLOBAL MONEY UNLIMITED INC. and CACERES GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC. as corporations or partnerships.
The public is advised not to enter into any lending or any other transactions with the above-named entities.
If anyone has any information relating to the unauthorized lending activities of CACERES LENDING INVESTOR COMPANY, GLOBAL MONEY UNLIMITED and CACERES GLOBAL FOUNDATION, INC., please call the Enforcement and Prosecution Department at telephone numbers +632-5846337 (Office of the Director) and +632-5847652 (Complaints and Investigation Division) or send an email to ced@sec.gov.ph .
9 February 2009
The Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines wishes to alert
the filipino nationals of the rampant internet fraud schemes
and text scams that continously victimize OFWs and their families.
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