Opened in 1996, it is currently located at the W Building on Rue Mar Geries in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadeth, part of the Baabda District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate.

[3] Initially located at Raouché in Ras Beirut,[4] the embassy moved to a larger space in Achrafieh in 2006, enabling it to consolidate consular and labor functions under one roof.

[5] The Philippine Embassy in Beirut is headed by Ambassador Raymond R. Balatbat, who was appointed to the position by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 3, 2020.

Known for championing the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) throughout her career,[10] Catalla died while in office on April 2, 2020 due to COVID-19 amidst a pandemic of the disease.

These include hosting a screening of the 2002 film Kailangan Kita in 2013,[18] organizing Lebanon's first-ever exhibition of Filipino art — primarily the works of Marvin Baldemor, son of Manuel Baldemor — the following year,[19] and presenting the Filipino translation of The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, prepared by Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, to his eponymous museum in 2018.