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“No problem with me.” “This will be a good humanitarian act on the part of the Philippines,’’ Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on the request of the United States to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to allow Afghan refugees to temporarily stay in the country....

Senator Imee Marcos, on Friday, June 9, urged newly appointed Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año to shed light on a request by the United States to grant some Afghans special immigrant status in the Philippines. Marcos, chairperson of the Senate...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday confirmed the arrival of an undetermined number of Afghan refugees, including women and kids, to the Philippines. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a late-night tweet, Locsin said the...