The Philippines and Timor-Leste have will pursue legal cooperation and political consultations in a bid to strengthen their bilateral ties amid the latter’s full membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said...
Timor-Leste, which will soon finalize its membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), expressed its support for the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea and its commitment to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in ensuring peace and stability in...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro and Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas will hold a bilateral meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22, ahead of Timor-Leste’s full membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next week. Freitas and his...
Timor-Leste 's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito dos Santos Freitas will visit the Philippines anew for a working visit next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. DFA announced on Friday, Oct. 17, that dos Santos Freitas will be undertaking a working visit to...
Citing his "dissatisfaction" with the performance of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero has sought the creation of a dedicated agency that would oversee the development of sports in the country. (Tom Briskey/ Unsplash) Romero filed in the ongoing 19th...
As the new administration takes over, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on Monday, May 30, urged newly appointed officials to personally attend its local executive forums. CSC Commissioner Aileen Lourdes A. Lizada (Photo taken from CSC’s website) CSC Commissioner Aileen Lourdes A. Lizada said...
Tippy Dos Santos has to wait a while before officially becoming Mrs. Porcuna. Their wedding was postponed as COVID-19 cases in the country rose again. Though Tippy didn't exactly detail when the wedding is supposed to happen, she shared a photo from Pinterest on Instagram. It read: "COR-OH NO! Due...
The increase in the number of new daily COVID-19 cases and the confirmation of at least three local cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant pushed the Inter-agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under the...
As Metro Manila is now under Alert Level 3 of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) response efforts being piloted in the region until October 31, here is a quick rundown of the basic dos and don't under this classification. Manila Bulletin File Photo Travel Based on the latest guidelines released by the...
Only ECQ and GCQ. After admitting that the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was not working as intended anymore , Malacañang has recently announced a new way the country will deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: Alert Levels . LOCKDOWN. Barangay tanods in Pasay City barricade a...
After enduring a two-week hard lockdown, Metro Manila and two other provinces will downgrade to the second-highest quarantine level but with additional movement restrictions until the end of the month. (File photo/Manila Bulletin) The government's pandemic task force has focused on "targeted...
As the National Capital Region (NCR) was scheduled to undergo a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20, 2021 due to the rising number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, here is a quick recap of activities that are allowed or not under the strict lockdown: Under ECQ, only...
