The Filipino crew on board the Costa Concordia was hailed for helping passengers get off the ship amid the panic when it ran aground off Giglio Island in Italy last week.

The 296 Filipino crewmen of a cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last weekend have been all accounted for and due for repatriation, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

The new Philippine ambassador to Italy pushed for overseas Filipino workers’ welfare and closer economic, cultural and defense ties, as he presented his credentials to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.

Catholic churches in the Philippines will be subsidizing the Collegio Filippino (PCF) in Rome, the home of Filipino priests pursuing higher studies in Italy.

Being miles away from home has not stopped Filipino youths abroad from showing their opposition to the Reproductive Health (RH) bill.

The Pontificio Collegio Filippino, home to Catholic Filipino clergy taking post-graduate studies in Rome, is preparing to mark its golden anniversary from October 4 to 9.

ROME – An Italian tanker carrying a cargo of diesel fuel has been seized by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

A Filipina domestic helper in Rome was caught stealing from her 85-year-old Italian employer, a report said earlier this week.

At least 500 Rome-based Filipinos benefited from the latest outreach mission of the Philippine embassy there earlier this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement Thursday.

Philippine officials in Rome warned overseas Filipino workers in Italy on Wednesday against bogus email offers for jobs in L’Aquila in Italy.