The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is currently reviewing a petition from labor rights group Migrante International, which asked the agency to set up a consular office in Alberta, Canada to help some 100,000 Filipinos living and working there.

Raul Hernandez, Foreign Affairs spokesman, said in a text message that the recommendation has already been received and "submitted for consideration in the 2015 budget."

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