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PH receives more ventilators from China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 05:18 PM

The Philippines on Thursday received additional 50 ventilators from China that would support the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

DFA says PH has banned marine surveys by foreign ships

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 05:17 PM

This was Locsin's response when asked about a report that a Chinese survey vessel was allegedly in the Reed Bank, also known as Recto Bank.  Read more »

DFA to raise Lebanon repatriation budget

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 02:28 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Friday he would increase the budget for the repatriation of distressed Filipinos in Beirut, Lebanon.   Read more »

As PH sits out maritime drills, Locsin tells China: What is ours is ours

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 08:56 AM

The Philippines' top diplomat on Thursday invoked the country's arbitral award against China as it said Beijing was "reading too much" into Manila's refusal to join military exercises in the disputed South China Sea. Read more »

Locsin hopes to send PH help to Lebanon after twin blasts

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 01:57 PM

Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday conveyed condolences to the Lebanese people following the deadly blasts in Beirut, and hoped to extend material help as "some gesture of solidarity." Read more »

Locsin opposes selling of DFA properties abroad

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 02:11 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs is against the sale of its properties abroad even as the agency has realigned funds for the retrofitting of its building to the government’s COVID-19 response. Read more »

‘I never lie’: Locsin defends his straight-shooter style of diplomacy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 05:46 AM

Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes that envoys who think diplomacy "is to be subtle, actually have no talent for it." Read more »

Another 100,000 Filipinos to be repatriated in next 2 months, says Locsin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 12:43 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said he has realigned the DFA's budget to bring Filipinos home after losing their jobs abroad. Read more »

Locsin: PH in talks with other drugmakers for possible COVID vaccine besides China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 11:55 PM

Locsin said the Philippines had "connections" with American pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna, which are also developing treatment against the contagious disease. Read more »

Locsin: Filipinos leaving Sabah should not be called repatriates

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 11:22 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said Filipinos leaving Sabah due to the COVID-19 pandemic should not be called repatriates. Read more »

PH top diplomat says to summon Malaysian envoy over foreign minister's Sabah comments

Tarra Quismundo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 01:44 PM

MANILA - In an escalation of a Twitter row, Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday said he would summon the Malaysian ambassador in Manila over comments the latter's foreign minister made on his tweet that "Sabah is not in Malaysia."   Read more »

Philippines will never abandon Sabah, Spratlys claim: Locsin

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 08:44 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. stood pat on his statement about the Philippines' claim to Sabah even after the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it will summon the Philippine Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur to explain Locsin’s tweet that "Sabah is not in Malaysia." Read more »

Malaysia to summon PH envoy over Locsin's 'Sabah is not in Malaysia' tweet

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 10:00 PM

MANILA - Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Wednesday called out Philippine Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. for saying "Sabah is not in Malaysia". Read more »

Saudi grants exit clearance to repatriate OFWs’ remains

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 06:06 PM

The Philippines has secured the exit clearance to repatriate the remains of two overseas Filipino workers, an official said.   Read more »

Duterte's 'defeatist' statement on maritime disputes with China undermines DFA, DND position: expert

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 04:11 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's "defeatist" statement on the Philippines' maritime disputes with China in the South China Sea when he delivered his 5th State of the Nation Address, undermines the improved positions espoused by Manila's foreign and defense ministries, a maritime law expert said Tuesday. Read more »

Sabah not in Malaysia? Locsin blasts US Embassy's 'Sabah, Malaysia' photo caption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 09:43 PM

The Philippines' top diplomat on Monday blasted a photo caption used by the US Embassy in the Philippines, which says Sabah is part of Malaysia.   Read more »

Hurling expletives, PH's top diplomat tells opposition senator to 'shut up' about imported COVID-19 test kits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 04:40 PM

MANILA — The Philippines' top diplomat on Tuesday hurled expletives and told an opposition senator to "shut up" after the lawmaker questioned why the government appeared to favor imported coronavirus test kits that did not go through the same "rigid evaluation" compared to locally-produced units.  Read more »

PH, Chinese foreign ministers agree to continue consultation on maritime issues

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 04:58 PM

The foreign ministers of the Philippines and China agreed to continue managing "issues of concern and promote maritime cooperation", Manila said Wednesday, after strongly worded statements were issued over the Philippine's legal victory four years ago on its maritime entitlements in the South China Sea.   Read more »

Locsin warns China of ‘severest response’ if military drills encroach into PH territory

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 09:46 PM

The Philippines on Friday warned China against letting its military exercises in the South China Sea spill over into Philippine territory. Read more »

Higit 63K OFWs na-repatriate sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 03:25 PM

Higit 63,000 manggagawang Pinoy sa ibang bansa ang naiuwi na sa bansa sa gitna ng pandemya dulot ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sabi ngayong Martes ng Department of Foreign Affairs. Read more »