Government

Countries Where Philippine Apostille is Accepted

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Goodbye red ribbon, hello Apostille! Effective May 14, 2019, the DFA will no longer issue Authentication Certificates with  “red ribbon“, and will instead affix an Apostille to documents for use abroad. Countries and Territories Where Philippine Apostille is accepted as of May 2019: AlbaniaAndorraAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBruneiBulgariaBurundiCabo VerdeChileColumbiaCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorEstoniaEswatiniFijiFranceGeorgiaGrenadaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasHongkongHungaryIcelandIndiaIrelandIsraelItalyJapanKazakhstanKosovoKyrgyzstanLatviaLesothoLiberiaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMacedoniaMalawiMaltaMarshal IslandsMauritiusMexico … Read more

The True Decalogue by Apolinario Mabini

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The true decalogue by Apolinario Mabini, the first Philippine secretary of foreign affairs. 1. Love God and your honor overall truth, all justice, and all activity; your honor, the only power that obliges you to be truthful, just, and industrious. 2. Worship God in the form that in your conscience God speaks to you, reproaching … Read more

Benjie Magalong is proclaimed the new Mayor of Baguio City

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  Benjie Magalong won the May 2019 Mayoralty position in Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines.   Who is Benjie Magalong? Benjie Magalong is considered a Baguio Boy although his roots originated from the province of Pangasinan. Throughout his career, both in the Police and the Military, he worked silently, yet produces positive … Read more

On This Day, May 11

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On this day in 1818, Filipino merchant and sharecropper Francisco Mercado was born in Biñan, Laguna. Educated in Latin and philosophy at the Colegio de San Jose in Manila, Mercado settled in Calamba in 1830 to be a sharecropper in the newly opened Dominican estate there. In 1848, he married Teodora Alonso Realonda, daughter of … Read more

On This Day, May 12

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On this day, May 12, in 1964 the Philippines established diplomatic ties with the European Economic Community (EEC). The European Economic Community was a regional organization which aimed to bring about economic integration among its member states. It was created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. Upon the formation of the European Union in … Read more