{"id":218669,"date":"2019-06-13T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218669"},"modified":"2019-06-13T22:36:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T02:36:20","slug":"dfa-raises-alert-level-in-sudan-over-continued-civil-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/13\/dfa-raises-alert-level-in-sudan-over-continued-civil-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA raises alert level in Sudan over continued civil unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_217775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217775\" style=\"width: 719px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14650679_1783194621966446_9100174741575598371_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217775\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14650679_1783194621966446_9100174741575598371_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"719\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14650679_1783194621966446_9100174741575598371_n.jpg 719w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/14650679_1783194621966446_9100174741575598371_n-768x311.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Filipinos who remain in the country where Alert Level 2 is in effect are advised to restrict non-essential movements, avoid public places, and prepare for evacuation,&#8221; it added. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sudandoctorscommittee\/photos\/a.1775600956059146\/1783194621966446\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sudandoctorscommittee\/\">\u0644\u062c\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0637\u0628\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0648\u062f\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0643\u0632\u064a\u0629\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Thursday, hoisted Alert Level 2 in Sudan following the ongoing civil unrest in the capital of Khartoum and other areas of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alert Level 2 or Restriction Phase is issued if there are real threats to the lives, security, and properties of Filipinos due to instability in a particular country,&#8221; DFA Assistant Secretary Emmanuel Fernandez said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Filipinos who remain in the country where Alert Level 2 is in effect are advised to restrict non-essential movements, avoid public places, and prepare for evacuation,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, the Department of Labor and Employment will only allow the return of overseas Filipino workers who have existing employment contracts and in consideration of &#8220;other special circumstances&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Filipinos in Sudan in need of assistance are urged to contact the Philippine embassy in Cairo, Egypt, through telephone numbers (+202) 252-13062 or through its Facebook Page. They may also contact the Philippine Honorary Consul in Khartoum at (+249) 183-468717 or (+249) 183-468716.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the DFA as of December 2017 showed there are at least 3,000 Filipinos residing in Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Thursday, hoisted Alert Level 2 in Sudan following &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":217775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218670,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218669\/revisions\/218670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}