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The WHO chief took on so-called "vaccine diplomacy" on Monday, slamming countries for using Covid-19 jabs to gain competitive advantage rather than engaging in true cooperation to end the pandemic. "Vaccine diplomacy is not cooperation," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from the World...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin is hoping that the controversy created by his recent expletive-laced tweet against China will not impact the bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries. CHINA PHOTO Locsin made this comment on Thursday in reaction to an opinion piece published...

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged the Philippine government to exert efforts to use “megaphone” diplomacy to counter China’s continued aggression in the West Philippine Sea. Drilon made the call even as he defended Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr.’s...