In this day and age when authenticity is held at such a premium, are we given a free pass to just say what we want, even if it hurts? I love a good diplomatic line. After all, there’s this quote often attributed to Winston Churchill that sums it up pretty well: “Diplomacy is telling someone to...
The diplomatic ties between the Philippines and the Republic of Estonia was formally established in December 19, 1991. The Republic of Estonia is situated in northeastern Europe in the Baltic region comprising of 1,500 islands and islets. Its capital and largest city is Tallin which is one of the...
What it is like to go from one place to another as a diplomat’s wife TOP SHELF Brigid Keenan's Diplomatic Baggage and Packing Up should be required reading for diplomatic wives all over People are often discouraged to meet their heroes. More often than not, people you admire from afar will...
More than 200 diplomatic notes were so far filed by the Philippine government against China since 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Thursday, Oct. 21. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drove away seven more foreign fishing vessels believed to be manned by Chinese and Vietnamese...
South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) clarified that the payment will be made soon to K-pop superstars BTS for their mission as special envoy to the United Nations in September. This after opposition lawmaker Rep. Kim Seungsu of the People Power Party made a ruckus on Oct....
President Duterte can’t bar Cabinet members from attending Senate inquiries without his clearance, the spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, October 3, citing a Supreme Court (SC) ruling to back his claim. Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez noted the 2006 SC ruling of Senate...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to protest China’s latest alarming activities in the West Philippine Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (DFA) Locsin’s order came a day after Muntinlupa Representative Rozzano...
Officials from the Philippines and the Republic of North Macedonia have signed a joint communique for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and North Macedonia Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani signed the document in a...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in met K-pop superstars BTS at Cheong Wa Dae, or Blue House, on Sept. 14 but what generated a lot of buzz was what was given to them. During the ceremony, Moon personally gave each BTS member a diplomatic passport and fountain pen as a gift. (Clockwise from top) BTS...
WHAT WE SEE ON THE OUTSIDE IS ASO A MANIFESTATION OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE Dr. Candy Drilon-Dalman of Centro Holistico practices integrative medicine, a marriage of Eastern and Western practices A video advertisement recently earned the ire of the public as it tried to define what “beauty”...
Over P174.28 million worth of blank passports have been deemed obsolete and ordered by the Commission on Audit (COA) to be subjected to impairment allowance. Passport In its 2020 Annual Audit Report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), COA also noted that 14 government properties abroad...
How the return to Manila from seven years of living in Kuala Lumpur and Berlin is teaching this diplomat’s wife how to find happiness wherever she finds herself MANILA JEWEL I Palacio de Memoria interior Toward the end of our time abroad for my husband’s diplomatic posting, I was often asked...
