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TINGNAN: Bibliya ni Marcos sa panunumpa ginamit din ng ama

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 08:53 PM

Ang Bibliya na ginamit ng kaniyang ama ang ginamit din sa inagurasyon ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Read more »

Marcos receives envoys from Italy, ASEAN

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 06 04:50 PM

President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday met with diplomats from Italy and Southeast Asian nations, the third batch of envoys paying him a courtesy visit before he officially takes oath as the Philippines' 17th chief executive. Read more »

Lawyer wants electioneering ban to cover embassy officials' families

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 06 11:03 AM

An election lawyer on Sunday called on Congress to pass a law prohibiting families of embassy officials from engaging in electioneering or partisan political activities. Read more »

US presses China on COVID-19 rules on diplomats

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 07:16 AM

US asks China to loosen COVID-19 quarantine rules for diplomats after Beijing accused Washington of seeking to sabotage the Winter Olympics. Read more »

Turkish President steps back from threat to expel Western envoys

Raziye Akkoc and Dmitry Zaks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 12:43 PM

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rowed back from his threat to expel 10 Western envoys over their joint statement of support for a jailed civil society leader. Read more »

Turkish President orders expulsion of 10 ambassadors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 08:33 AM

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader. Read more »

Mysterious 'Havana' syndrome imperils US diplomats

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 07:20 PM

In some cases, people have reported hearing focused, high-pitched or sharp sounds that left them nauseated. Read more »

Some 100 Myanmar diplomats oppose junta, ordered to return home

Kyodo News
Posted at May 20 04:48 PM

Some 100 Myanmar diplomats supporting a civil disobedience movement in opposition to a Feb. 1 military coup have been ordered to return to the country by the junta, according to a leaked internal document. Read more »

PH diplomats, staff to be inoculated with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine: Locsin

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 05:11 PM

MANILA — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. announced Wednesday that the "entire diplomatic corps and their staff," as well as all Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) personnel and their families, will be inoculated with Moderna vaccines once the country's orders arrive.    Read more »

Biden under pressure to tap fewer political ambassadors than Trump, Obama

South China Morning Post via POLITICO
Updated as of Mar 16 07:54 PM

Donors are growing impatient as US President Joe Biden delays naming coveted ambassador posts. Biden pressed to appoint more career diplomats because of perception of corruption with some Trump nominees.  Read more »

DFA distances office from diplomats' groups backing ex-Brazil envoy Mauro

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 07:05 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) remains committed in investigating ex-Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro, who was seen on a now-viral footage hurting her Filipina house help.    Read more »

Taiwan says it won't be intimidated by China's 'hooligan' diplomats

Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 05:44 PM

Taiwan will not be intimidated by China's "hooligan" officials and will continue to celebrate its national day around the world, the government said on Tuesday, after Taiwan said Chinese diplomats had tried to charge into a diplomatic event in Fiji. Read more »

PH commercial diplomats lead production of reusable face masks for frontliners, communities

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 08:43 PM

Some Filipino commercial diplomats led an initiative to produce reusable face mask to be donated to frontliners and communities in the country during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.   Read more »

US brands Chinese curbs on American diplomats 'escalation'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 01:34 PM

The US on Saturday called a decision by Beijing to impose restrictions on all American diplomats on Chinese soil an "escalation," the latest rebuke in an ongoing tit-for-tat dispute over foreign missions. Read more »