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DFA chief says 'blood money' from OFW's killers not acceptable

Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 01:40 AM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs chief Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said he will reject any offer of "blood money" or settlement from the killers of Filipina household worker Jeanelyn Villavende, who was slain in Kuwait in 2019. Read more »

Locsin: Trump ‘really wants Duterte’ to be in US for ASEAN meet

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 02:26 AM

The foreign affairs secretary on Tuesday said there was a consensus among ASEAN members to hold a special summit with the US government in its country.   Read more »

Locsin: Allowing foreigners to enter Philippines without visa is ‘wrong’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 07:25 PM

"Visa free, visas upon arrival, they are wrong. Every country is entitled to control their borders and we just gave it up," the foreign affairs secretary said. Read more »

Locsin to Kuwait envoy: Give murdered OFW justice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 01:05 AM

Locsin expressed to Kuwait Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh his displeasure over the death of a Filipina domestic worker in the hands of her employer’s wife.  Read more »

PH fires off another diplomatic protest over Chinese warships

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 11:50 AM

The Philippines has filed another diplomatic protest against China over its warships passing Philippine waters without informing the country's authorities, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Thursday.  Read more »

Esperon: Influx of Chinese tourists in PH a security risk

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 05:38 PM

The Philippines' National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon is sounding the alarm over the influx of Chinese tourists in the country. He calls their presence in the country a 'security risk' due to questionable documentation and behavior. Read more »

Why Locsin won't stop tweeting: I can't allow stupidity to flourish

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 09:34 AM

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday said he will not take a break from Twitter or shut down his Twitter account, saying he has a "patriotic duty to stop stupidity."    Read more »

OPINION: What if a shooting happens here?

Kira Christianne D. Azucena
Posted at Jun 12 03:25 AM

This is now the main question of faith-based communities in the wake of the horrifying attacks on worshippers and religious gathering places immemorially regarded by all religions as sanctuaries. They have turned into slaughter houses.  Read more »

‘I was disrespectful, too’: Regine Velasquez speaks up after row with Tulfo, Locsin

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Updated as of Apr 25 05:41 PM

Music superstar Regine Velasquez on Thursday thanked fans who came to her defense amid a row with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and radio host Ben Tulfo, but urged them to instead focus on forgiveness, as well as efforts to help protect the environment. Read more »

Duterte, tinapos ang APEC Summit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 04:11 PM

Tinapos din ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga pulong sa ikalawang araw ng APEC Summit sa Papua New Guinea sa kabila ng naunang pahayag ng Palasyo na hindi na siya makadadalo.  Read more »

China to work with ASEAN on 'stabilizer' sea code

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Posted at Oct 29 02:47 PM

Beijing and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN earlier this year agreed a draft COC, outlining the claimants' bargaining positions over the strategic waterway. Read more »

China opens consulate in Davao City

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 07:59 PM

The Chinese consulate general office has formally opened in President Rodrigo Duterte's hometown, Davao City, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday. Read more »

OPINION: Climate crisis is an opportunity to innovate

Teddy Locsin Jr.
Updated as of Oct 06 01:24 AM

Once you are jobless and others get the work you were doing but in a more climate-friendly way is no compensation at all. No one should get poor just so the rich can enjoy a cleaner view of the landscape from world class resorts. Read more »

Locsin: Myanmar's Suu Kyi deserved her Nobel Peace Prize

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Posted at Nov 20 11:34 PM

Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Teddy Locsin Jr. on Monday said Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi deserved her Nobel Peace Prize, which she won in 1991. Read more »

OPINION: Universal counterterrorism, an existential requirement

Teddy Locsin, Jr.
Posted at Nov 09 04:53 AM

Through Marawi, we witnessed the collapse of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, only to see it claw back in our part of the world.  Read more »

OPINION: The rule of law and development

Teddy Locsin, Jr.
Updated as of Nov 04 06:24 AM

At the national level, the rule of law is an instrument of justice and the precondition of inclusive development.  Read more »

OPINION: We do not condone killings

Teddy Locsin, Jr.
Posted at Nov 03 01:17 AM

The Philippines is committed to upholding the rule of law and respecting human rights in the fight against illegal drugs. We do not condone killings.  Read more »

OPINION: Children and armed conflict

Teddy Locsin, Jr.
Posted at Nov 01 09:05 PM

Despite existing pockets of conflict in the country, including the recently ended Marawi siege, the State, as duty-bearer of human rights, continues to prioritize the welfare of children and to discourage insurgencies from using children as warriors for a dubious and disgraceful advantage.  Read more »

OPINION: On interfaith dialogue

Teddy Locsin, Jr.
Posted at Oct 19 04:21 AM

Interfaith dialogue assumes the authenticity of the participants. Religion offers shape and direction to human life, it does not confuse and dehumanize.  Read more »

OPINION: What never changes

Teddy Locsin Jr.
Posted at Apr 16 01:24 PM

Rob Waugh of Yahoo News reports that the earth’s magnetic poles ‘could be about to flip.  Read more »