08 January 2014 – Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Albert F. del Rosario and Mr. Jorge L. Araneta, Chairman and President of Araneta Center, Inc., signed on 07 January  the Memorandum of Agreement on Araneta Center’s hosting of a DFA Satellite Office at Ali Mall in Araneta Center, Cubao, under the Public-Private Partnership arrangement.

The signing, which took place at the DFA Main Building in Pasay City, is in line with the Department’s objective of decongesting the DFA main passport processing facility at the ASEANA Business Park in Parañaque.

The  opening of DFA NCR- Northeast at the Ali Mall Government Center, Level 2, Ali Mall, Cubao in  February 2014 will complement the four (4) other DFA satellite offices serving the residents of Metro Manila and neaby cities and municipalities. END