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US Embassy in Manila remains open, says exec Oct 2nd 2013, 01:00 MANILA, Philippines — The United States Embassy in Manila will continue to operate despite the shutdown of government agencies in the US over a budget standoff between its Executive and Congress. "The Department [of State] will continue visa issuance overseas.  We will also continue our passport operations," Kurt Hoyer, First Secretary and Press Attache of the US Embassy, said in a text message Wednesday. "Activities carried out by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, both domestically and abroad, are fee-funded and will continue operations," he said. The US government recently shut down many of its offices due to a failure of Congress to pass the budget on September 30. Th... Keep on reading: US Embassy in Manila remains open, says exec Media files: us-embassy.jpg (image/jpeg)

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