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DFA chief asks Aquino admin: Why leave Scarborough if it was ours?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 01:13 AM

MANILA — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday questioned the previous administration's withdrawal nearly a decade ago from Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, which remains a flashpoint in the maritime dispute between Manila and Beijing.    Read more »

Locsin apologizes over expletive-laced tweet vs China

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Updated as of May 05 03:07 AM

The Philippines' top diplomat apologizes for a foul-mouthed tweet against China after President Rodrigo Duterte thanks Beijing for donating the COVID-19 vaccine he was inoculated with on Monday.   Read more »

Locsin tells China to 'get the f--- out' of Philippine waters

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Posted at May 04 03:29 AM

Malacañang expects the remaining Chinese ships to leave the West Philippine Sea within this month.  Read more »

Locsin thanks Vietnam for offer of 'guaranteed' rice shipments

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 12:13 AM

MANILA - Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday thanked Vietnam for its “offer to guarantee rice shipments” to the Philippines during last year’s lockdown. Read more »

Malacañang sends condolences to British royal family over Prince Philip's death

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Posted at Apr 10 12:36 AM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday condoled with the British royal family over the passing of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth on the same day. Read more »

DFA says West PH Sea features, even with Chinese structures, are 'ours'

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Updated as of Apr 01 09:36 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said features in the West Philippine Sea are "ours", even those with structures China built.  Read more »

Gordon urges Locsin: Summon Chinese envoy over moored ships in West PH Sea

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Posted at Mar 24 12:23 PM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Wednesday urged Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to summon the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines days after hundreds of Chinese militia ships were seen moored in West Philippine Sea. Read more »

De Lima acquittal shows PH justice works, UN to be informed, says DFA chief

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 08:48 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said Thursday the acquittal of Sen. Leila de Lima in one of her three drug cases shows the Philippines' justice system “works” even if it's slow.  Read more »

Philippines protests China green light for its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels

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Updated as of Jan 27 08:26 PM

The Philippines is opposing a new Chinese law that lets its coast guard fire on foreign vessels in a move that could escalate tension in such contested waters as the South China Sea, its top diplomat said Wednesday.  Read more »

Issue ‘becoming political’: Galvez defends Duque amid ‘dropping the ball’ allegations

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 11:33 PM

Galvez slammed the allegation as “unfair”, saying Duque that negotiations with Pfizer were ongoing and at the “advanced stage”. Read more »

Somebody ‘dropped the ball?’ Duque says negotiations with Pfizer still ongoing

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 03:50 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday assured the public that negotiations with pharmaceutical firm Pfizer for its COVID-19 vaccine are ongoing, following reports that the country supposedly almost missed the opportunity to secure the vaccines.    Read more »

Lacson says Duque 'dropped the ball' in vaccine deal with Pfizer

Katrina Domingo and Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 10:32 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday said a Cabinet secretary "dropped the ball" in the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccine deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, leaving the country behind other regional peers in terms of acquiring vials from the said brand.    Read more »

Arrest warrant vs Joma Sison won't be enforced inside PH embassies: Locsin

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 05:25 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday said he was not inclined to have Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison should he visit the Philippine embassy in the Netherlands. Read more »

US National Security Advisor O’Brien visits PH

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 11:40 AM

U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. are pictured with precision-guided munitions among other defense articles during a turnover ceremony, at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City on Monday. Read more »

PH officials, British drugmaker AstraZeneca discuss access to vaccines

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 02:57 AM

MANILA - Officials of the Philippine government and AstraZeneca, a UK-based company developing a COVID-19 vaccine, talked about access to affordable vaccines on Friday during the visit of a UK minister to Manila. Read more »

China thanks Philippines for backing Chinese candidate in Int'l Court of Justice

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 12:29 PM

The Chinese Embassy on Friday thanked Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. for expressing support for the Chinese candidate for one of the vacant posts in the International Court of Justice.  Read more »

US Embassy welcomes extended suspension of VFA termination

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Posted at Nov 12 10:20 AM

MANILA - The Embassy of the United States in Manila welcomed Thursday the Philippine government's decision to postpone anew the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) for another six months. Read more »

PH embassy personnel sa London, nagpositibo sa COVID-19

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 10:42 PM

MAYNILA - Nagpositibo sa COVID-19 ang isang personnel ng Philippine Embassy sa UK nitong weekend. Read more »

Locsin urges UN to rally nations in fight vs COVID-19

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 10:57 PM

MANILA - The country's top diplomat on Friday called on the United Nations to rally its member states to “to set aside self-interest and work in solidarity” to beat the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

PH extends help to Rohingyas in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 12:59 AM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. announced Thursday the Philippines' assistance for refugees from conflict-torn Rakhine state in Myanmar. Read more »