Department of Foreign Affairs-updates

DFA Signs MOA with DPWH to Provide Immediate Assistance to “Ondoy” Victims in Pasig Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:04 AM PDT PR-774-09, 30 September 2009 – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) today signed a supplemental memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the release of DFA of the additional amount of PhP15M for Phase II of the Emergency Employment Program in Pasig City under the Arroyo Administration’s Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP). The additional amount is intended to provide immediate relief and assistance to the victims of last Saturday’s typhoon Ondoy in Pasig City. This will bring to PhP30M the total amount funded by the DFA for emergency employment in Pasig City under CLEEP. Last 12 December 2008, the DFA and DPWH executed a similar MOA where the DFA released PhP15M for Phase I of the Emergency Employment Program which has benefitted 1,000 out-of-school youths in Pasig City. Undersecretary Esteban B. Conejos, Jr. signed on behalf of the DFA while Undersecretary Romeo S. Momo signed for the DPWH. Congressman Roman T. Romulo, who represents Pasig City in the House of Representatives, attended the signing ceremony. This MOA stemmed from Memorandum Circular No. 168 dated 23 October 2008 directing all departments and national agencies of the Philippine government to draw up and prepare emergency work programs and mobilize all their remaining resources to finance pro-poor programs. The DFA was designated as steward of Pasig City. The DFA shall immediately release the additional project funding to assist Pasig residents affected by the recent calamity. END ShareThis

China gives US$100,000 for Typhoon Ondoy Relief Assistance Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:16 AM PDT PH-162-09, 30 September 2009—China turned over to the Philippine Government a cheque donation amounting to US $100,000 (about P4.7 million) on Wednesday as part of its humanitarian assistance for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy. Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao handed the cheque to Foreign Affairs Acting Secretary Franklin M. Ebdalin in a simple ceremony at the DFA. The cheque is in the name of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The Chinese Embassy earlier donated US$10,000 to the Philippine National Red Cross. On 28 September 2009, at China’s National Day Reception, Chinese company Huawei Technologies Philippines also handed over to Vice President Noli de Castro a cheque to the DSWD, amounting to US $30,000. Ebdalin on behalf of the Philippine Government, thanked the Ambassador for the disaster relief assistance. END (photo by Mark Santos, DFA-PISU) ShareThis

Tel Aviv PE Receives RP Advance Party to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:24 PM PDT PH-161-09, 30 September 2009 – The 12 man advance party of the Philippine contingents to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) headed by Lt. Col. Leodevic Guinid arrived in Israel on 29 September to assume their assignment with the multinational peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights. Philippine Embassy Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Thaddeus T. Hamoy, Protocol Officers Rex Albania and Alvin L. Conchas III welcomed the party at the Ben Gurion International Airport and assisted them in the arrival formalities. They were also received by UNDOF officials who transported them to Camp Ziouani in the Golan Heights. UNDOF has been operating in the Golan Heights, the buffer zone between Israel and Syria, for the past 35 years. The first batch of Philippine battalion will be deployed in early October, composed of 161 personnel from different branches of the Philippine Armed Forces. The Filipino soldiers will replace a Polish battalion. The changeover ceremony will be held 22 October at Camp Ziouani (Israel Side). High ranking officials from the Philippine Government and the AFP are expected to attend the changeover ceremony. END ShareThis

NAM CAMERA Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:18 AM PDT Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid: The Department of Foreign Affairs – Bids and Awards Committee (DFA-BAC) is inviting interested bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the: NAM CAMERA. Contact: BAC Secretariat, Office of Legal Affairs, 3rd Floor, DFA Bldg. 2330 Roxas Blvd. Pasay City, (tel nos. 834-4116 {Ms. Heidi Gardose} and fax. nos. 832-5359. Addendum No. 1 ShareThis

NAM OFFICE SUPPLIES Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:13 AM PDT Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid: The Department of Foreign Affairs – Bids and Awards Committee (DFA-BAC) is inviting interested bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the: NAM OFFICE SUPPLIES. Contact: BAC Secretariat, Office of Legal Affairs, 3rd Floor, DFA Bldg. 2330 Roxas Blvd.. Pasay City, (tel nos. 834-4116 {Ms. Heidi Gardose} and fax. nos. 832-5359.. Addendum No. 1 ShareThis

OCA OFFICE SUPPLIES Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:10 AM PDT Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid: The Department of Foreign Affairs – Bids and Awards Committee (DFA-BAC) is inviting interested bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the: OCA OFFICE SUPPLIES. Contact: BAC Secretariat, Office of Legal Affairs, 3rd Floor, DFA Bldg. 2330 Roxas Blvd. Pasay City, (tel nos. 834-4116 {Ms. Heidi Gardose} and fax. nos. 832-5359. Addendum No. 1 ShareThis

DFA OFFICE SUPPLIES Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:01 AM PDT Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid: The Department of Foreign Affairs – Bids and Awards Committee (DFA-BAC) is inviting interested bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the: DFA OFFICE SUPPLIES. Contact: BAC Secretariat, Office of Legal Affairs, 3rd Floor, DFA Bldg. 2330 Roxas Blvd. Pasay City, (tel nos. 834-4116 {Ms. Heidi Gardose} and fax. nos. 832-5359. Addendum No. 1 ShareThis

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