TWELVE days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Department of Foreign Affairs has ordered the mandatory evacuation of all remaining Filipinos in the Central European state. There were 181 Filipinos who registered in the latest informal census by the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw, although initially the estimate was around 380. Then, around 200…
Twenty-one Filipino seafarers were safely transported from Ukraine to Moldova, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Wednesday, March 2.
SAFE AT LAST Twenty-one Filipino crewmembers of the MV S-Breeze safely arrive in Moldova from Ukraine on March 1, 2022. They will b
SAFE ARRIVAL. Honorary Consul Victor Gaina of the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Chisinau, Moldova in a selfie with a Filipino who arrived safely at the Moldovan border after evacuating from Ukraine. The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday (Feb. 28, 2022) said a total of six Filipinos arrived in Moldova from Ukraine, with four to travel to Romania where they will take their repatriation flight to Manila. (Photo courtesy of DFA) MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday confirmed the arrival of six Filipinos at the Republic of Moldova after their evacuation from Ukraine. In a statement, the DFA said the evacuees include a fourth-year medical student at the Bukovinian State Medical University, two Filipinos married to Ukrainians (one of whom traveled with her two-year-old son), and two Filipinos working for an international organization who managed to cross the Moldovan border. Their safe arrival, it said, was made possible with help from Honorary Consul Victor Gai