New Blog 1: Philippine Consulate Chicago

Philippine Consulate Chicago

Philippines. The Philippines has a network of diplomatic missions in major cities around the world to forward Philippine interests in the areas that they serve, as well as to serve the ever-growing numbers of Overseas Filipinos. Although attempts at initial diplomatic relations were made during the Philippine Revolution and the time of the First Philippine Republic, most nations have established diplomatic relations with the Philippines only recently. Although the Philippine diplomatic mission network is wide, there are embassies that are accredited to other nations without Philippine diplomatic posts. There are also several honorary consulates (not listed here) maintained in other major cities. Since September 2012, the Philippines has shut down five posts: Caracas, Koror, Dublin, Barcelona and Frankfurt. It intends to close five more before the end of the year: Stockholm, Bucharest, Havana, Helsinki and Saipan. This is part of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs' plan for austerity mesures and restructuring of the Department of Foreign Affairs