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Philippines spurns advice over South China Sea row

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 08 10:43 PM

The Philippines does not want to hear from other countries, including Japan and the United States, what to do over a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea, the country's top diplomat said Tuesday. Read more »

OPINION: China's pleasant ASEAN picture

Manolo Quezon - The Explainer
Posted at Aug 08 03:14 AM

In the world of diplomacy there’s no such thing as a coincidence. Read more »

Cayetano meets N. Korea's Ri as ASEAN pushes NoKor denuclearization

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 06:59 PM

(UPDATED) - Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho at the sidelines of a key security summit here, a day after Manila said it would support the United Nations' new sanctions against Pyongyang. Read more »

Manila says ASEAN statement delay 'standard practice'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 12:01 AM

The Philippines on Sunday said the failure of Southeast Asian foreign ministers to immediately release a joint statement was "standard practice" and not due to a lack of consensus. Read more »

Apela tungkol sa pasaporte: pabilisin ang proseso ng pagkuha

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 10:44 PM

Ngayong 10 taon na ang magiging bisa ng pasaporte ng mga Pilipino, ang susunod na idinadaing ng marami ay ang proseso ng pagkuha ng dokumento. Read more »

Tillerson expected to raise human rights with Duterte: Cayetano

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 03:38 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said it is open to discussing human rights issues with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should the senior official bring it up during his trip to Manila this week. Read more »

Framework for S.China Sea code of conduct to be endorsed in ASEAN-China meet

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 04:51 PM

Foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations and China are expected to endorse the framework of the code of conduct in the South China Sea when they meet later this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Read more »

China's Wang Yi in PH, meets Cayetano

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Jul 25 07:21 PM

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) shakes hand with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano after signing the guestbook in Manila on Tuesday. China urged Southeast Asian nations on July 25 to unite and "say no" to outside forces seeking to interfere in the South China Sea dispute -- an apparent swipe at the United States ahead of a regional summit. Read more »

China's foreign minister to visit Manila on Tuesday

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 22 04:28 AM

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Manila on Tuesday next week for talks with his Filipino counterpart ahead of regional meetings slated for early August, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday. Read more »

Cayetano: PH expects due process in US Congress panel's probe on drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 09:51 PM

MANILA– The Philippines expects due process in the investigation that the human rights body of the United States House of Representatives is set to begin on the Duterte administration's war on drugs, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Cayetano said Wednesday.  Read more »

Bangkay ng OFW mula Kuwait, wala nang internal organs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 02:32 AM

Wala nang mga internal organ nang maiuwi ang bangkay ng isang overseas Filipino worker na namatay sa Kuwait dahil umano sa heart attack. Read more »

Filipino fishermen are back in Scarborough Shoal, DFA says

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 13 12:58 AM

The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, the first anniversary of the country's sweeping legal victory against China in the South China Sea, that further efforts in resolving Manila's territorial disputes should be done while maintaining good relations with Beijing. Read more »

PH says S. China Sea row should be resolved in 'neighborly' manner

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 10:26 AM

MANILA - A year after the Philippines' legal victory over China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Duterte administration on Wednesday said it wants the standing issues over the South China Sea resolved in a "neighborly" manner. Read more »

China offers PH more aid against drugs, terrorism

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 10:36 PM

China vowed Thursday to continue providing the Philippines with "necessary assistance", a day after Beijing donated thousands of weapons to the country to help its fight against Islamist gunmen. Read more »

Cayetano off to China for 4-day visit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 06:52 PM

MANILA- Foreign Affairs Chief Alan Peter Cayetano is off to his first official visit to China Wednesday. Read more »

More than 5,000 Filipinos repatriated from Saudi Arabia: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 04:39 AM

In a statement, the DFA said the Filipinos were repatriated through a 90-day amnesty program which started on March 29 and ended on June 25. Read more »

Ban sa pagpapadala ng Pinoy sa Qatar, tuluyan nang inalis

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 16 04:20 AM

Tinanggal na ng Department of Labor and Employment ang suspensiyon sa pagpapadala ng new hires sa Qatar base sa mga rekomendasyon ng Department of Foreign Affairs at Philippine Overseas Labor Office.  Read more »

Embahada ng Pilipinas, may paalala sa mga Pinoy sa Qatar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 02:27 AM

Pinaalalahanan ng Department of Foreign Affairs ang mga Pilipino sa Qatar na manatiling kalmado at alerto sa gitna ng diplomatic crisis doon. Read more »

DFA checking for Filipinos in London attacks

Micheal Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 10:31 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said it was still seeking confirmation on the condition of Filipinos in England after attackers drove a van at high speed into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in the nearby Borough Market area of bars and restaurants. Read more »

No Filipino hurt in Kabul blast - PH embassy in Pakistan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 09:35 PM

No Filipino was hurt in the truck blast in Kabul, Afghanistan that left at least 90 people dead and scores injured, the Philippine Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan said Thursday. Read more »