Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday said forbidding barangay officials from prematurely campaigning for the possible presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio would “suppress free speech”. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit / FILE...
Jon Snow White, a domestic short-haired cat made history as the first pet to be repatriated to the Philippines due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Jon Snow White, the first cat to be repatriated to the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic (Twitter/@KVinalay) The cat’s...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is asking the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the possibility of using the ASEAN Response Fund to help the Palestinians address the reported spread of coronavirus cases in Gaza. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Malacañang)...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday joined the international community in mourning the death of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping who is also known worldwide as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. “The Asian world shares China’s grief,” Locsin said in a tweet, three days after...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday maintained that the China Coast Guard law “does not exist” in as far as the Philippines’ territorial waters are concerned and is only effective within the Chinese borders. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit /...
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) President Ramon Ang will accomplish more as a private individual than if he becomes president of the country, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Saturday, May 22. SMC President Ramon Ang and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/...
The Philippines is preparing to welcome Rohingya refugees to the country and develop “complementary pathways” that would allow them to stay until a sustainable and lasting solution to their displacement in Myanmar can be found. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) A program to welcome the...
For Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., the Philippines cannot afford to relax its campaign against illegal drugs like what Portugal did in 2001 due to the country's proximity to China, the region’s “smuggling center of illegal drug exports.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday supported President Duterte’s stance that the 2016 Arbitral Award that invalidated China’s excessive claims in the West Philippine Sea is “meaningless for now” if the purpose is to retake the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal. Foreign...
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Sunday listed down a menu of available diplomatic options for the Philippines should the unlawful presence of a large number of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea would continue....
The rebuilding of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) almost forty years ago today was “one of the best good things” that former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos has done for her country, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Former First Lady Imelda Marcos (3rd from...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. urged the public to keep on wearing their face masks as if the country has no vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yet. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin made the...
