Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo will be in a six-day official trip to Munich and London, where he is expected to attend an international security conference and meet with several high-ranking officials, the agency's spokesperson said on Thursday, Feb. 13. DFA Secretary...
The Philippines and Japan have formalized the latter's grant to provide Open Radio Access Network (RAN)-related equipment to the University of the Philippines. Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya signed and exchanged notes with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Wednesday,...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said they are closely studying the proposal to ban the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait, following the tragic death of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) there. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo In an...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the United States’ “ironclad commitments” to the Philippines under the newly installed administration of US President Donald Trump in his phone call with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Wednesday, Jan. 22. (From...
Maritime cooperation among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) might help conclude a binding Code of Conduct (COC) in the disputed South China Sea region, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said. DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo at the ASEAN Foreign...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi reaffirmed on Wednesday, Jan. 15, the two countries commitment to the trilateral cooperation with the United States under the incoming Trump administration. (From left) Japanese Foreign...
Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi will be in an official visit to the Philippines from Jan. 14 to 15 to meet with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo, the agency said. Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi (Photo from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has called on countries in the Indo-Pacific region "to push the frontiers for possible maritime cooperation" amid tensions and disputes that are continuously brewing particularly in the South China Sea. Manalo said countries in the region must promote...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has welcomed the Senate’s ratification of the Philippines-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), which it said will strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries. DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo said Tuesday, Dec. 17, that the “prospective...
The Philippines and Denmark have agreed to work on re-skilling and up-skilling Filipino seafarers as Copenhagen has already expressed its support for Manila’s efforts to comply with European standards for seafarers. This developed as Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo met with Danish...
Denmark's foreign minister will come to the Philippines next week to sit down with Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo to explore other possible areas of cooperation between the two countries. Denmark's top diplomat Lars Løkke Rasmussen will undertake an official visit to the country...
The Philippines has filed yet another diplomatic protest against China after its vessel rammed into and fired water cannon at the Philippine vessels within the country’s waters in a move widely condemned by several other nations. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said...
