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His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on September 28, 2022, [16] and he presented his credentials to King Abdullah II on March 8, 2023. [ 17 ]
Her appointment was then confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on December 7, 2022, [9] and she presented her credentials to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on May 2, 2023. [ 10 ] The embassy's activities center around providing to the welfare of the more than 40,000 Filipinos in Bahrain , many of whom are OFWs.
Under the basis of Commonwealth Act No. 732, [3] Republic Act No. 708, [4] and Republic Act No. 7157, [5] the duties and powers of the Secretary is: "advises and assists the President in planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, integrating, and evaluating the total national effort in the field of foreign affairs relations in pursuit of its Constitutional mandate".
Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines has a network of diplomatic missions in major cities around the world, under the purview of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to forward the country's interests in the areas that they serve, as well as to serve the ever-growing numbers of Overseas Filipinos and Overseas Filipino Workers.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Ugnayang Panlabas) is the executive department of the Philippine government tasked to contribute to the enhancement of national security, protection of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty, to participate in the national endeavor of sustaining development and enhancing the Philippines' competitive edge, to protect the ...
His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on September 28, 2022, [8] and he presented his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on January 11, 2023. [9] The embassy's activities center around providing to the welfare of Filipinos in Israel, many of whom are Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
In 2006, the DFA and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas started a five-year passport modernization project designed to issue new Philippine machine-readable passports (MRP). However, an injunction was issued against the project by a lower court, only to be overturned by the Supreme Court and ordering the DFA and the BSP to continue the project.
His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on September 28, 2022, [19] and he presented his credentials to Italian President Sergio Mattarella on June 15, 2023. [20] A notable diplomat who served at the embassy was Philippe J. Lhuillier, who was ambassador to Italy from 1999 to 2010. [21]