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Budget ng DFA sa 2022, pasado na sa komite ng Senado

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 10:14 PM

Aprubado na sa Senate finance sub-committee ang panukalang budget ng DFA para sa susunod na taon na aabot sa P21.051 bilyon. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 10, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 11:32 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Philippines welcoming Afghan refugees, Locsin says

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 12:43 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said the Philippines is welcoming Afghan nationals who are seeking asylum. Read more »

'South China Sea arbitration award final, legally binding'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 09:33 PM

The Philippines and Australia have reiterated that the 2016 South China Sea arbitration award is final and legally binding. Read more »

PH military 'grateful' for retained VFA with US

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 09:19 PM

The AFP expressed its gratitude for the government's decision to keep the VFA with the US as it hosted a meeting with the US Indo-Pacific Command Read more »

Locsin: Arbitral award helpful in clarifying maritime issues

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 03:28 PM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said disputes in the South China Sea should be resolved peacefully in accordance with international law, citing the 2016 arbitral award as “most helpful in clarifying maritime issues.” Read more »

Locsin to raise equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, S. China Sea issue at ASEAN meeting

ABS-CBN News and Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 01 03:42 PM

The Philippines will bring up the issues of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and the South China Sea, among others, when foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet virtually for five days beginning Monday, its foreign ministry said. Read more »

Simularity stands by report in alleged waste dumping in South China Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 09:49 PM

A virtual fecal fight between the Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary and a company which alleged that Chinese ships are dumping human waste into the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Locsin on the award on South China Sea arbitration: Award ‘is final’, ‘milestone in int’l law’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 02:48 AM

The award on the South China Sea arbitration "conclusively settled the status of historic rights and maritime entitlements" in those waters, Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. said.  Read more »

ASEAN, China eye 2022 as new target to conclude talks on South China Sea COC: source

Willard Cheng and Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 01:45 AM

Amid continuing Chinese incursions in Philippine waters in the South China Sea, Southeast Asian nations and China underscore the need for an "environment conducive" for negotiations on the proposed Code of Conduct in the sea that, according to a diplomatic source on Wednesday, they hope to conclude next year. Read more »

Locsin says PH, China can overcome differences

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 12:08 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. is confident the Philippines and China will "overcome differences" amid "plenty of avoidable" ones as the two countries mark the 46th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the 20th Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day. Read more »

Locsin orders filing of diplomatic protest anew over Chinese vessels in PH EEZ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 09:57 PM

Manila files yet another diplomatic protest against Beijing as hundreds of Chinese ships remain in Philippine waters.  Read more »

Roque says to keep commenting on sea row despite flak from DFA chief, senators

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 13 04:11 PM

Palace spokesman Harry Roque said on Thursday he would continue speaking on the West Philippine Sea issue, after drawing censure from several senators and the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Read more »

Roque under fire for erroneously claiming Julian Felipe Reef not part of PH EEZ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 10:12 PM

The Philippines' top diplomat and several senators are calling out Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque for his erroneous claims about the country's Exclusive Economic Zone. Read more »

Locsin says DFA should handle China issue amid Roque remarks

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 11:29 PM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. asserted his authority to speak for the President on matters related to China and the West Philippine Sea after Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that Julian Felipe Reef is not part of the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone. Read more »

HK U-turn on COVID-19 jabs for domestic helpers: diplomatic row averted, but...

Lilian Cheng and Natalie Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 09 07:30 AM

The rushed decision on mandatory testing and vaccination of helpers was ‘made without consultation’. The flip-flop episode shows that the government needs to think through new moves thoroughly, observers say. Read more »

Locsin: 'Time to come clean' on 2012 withdrawal of ships from West PH Sea

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 03:28 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Thursday it was "time to come clean" on who ordered the pullout of Philippine vessels during a 2012 standoff with China in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

'Being polite with China means they can keep pushing': Analyst backs Locsin tweet vs China

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 12:51 PM

A security analyst on Wednesday backed Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. for tweeting a profanity against China after Beijing failed to pull out Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea.  Read more »

PH must continue 'megaphone diplomacy' vs China's 'gunboat diplomacy' - lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 02:30 PM

The Philippines should continue its "megaphone diplomacy" despite a call from China to eschew this because it might be its only recourse in the West Philippine Sea issue, Sen. Franklin Drilon said Wednesday. Read more »

'Mind basic manners': China hits back at Locsin after expletive-laden tweet

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 04 09:32 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) — China on Tuesday told Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to mind his "basic manners" following his recent expletive-laden tweet demanding Beijing's ships to leave Philippine waters.  Read more »