SAVE THE OCEANS. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro delivers her remarks for the opening program of the 2022 EAS Workshop on Maritime Cooperation at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Pasay City on Tuesday (Aug. 30, 2022). Lazaro outlined the need to strengthen scientific and technical cooperation to find "transformative" solutions to protect and preserve the marine environment. (PNA photo by Jesus Escaros) MANILA - The Philippine government on Tuesday called on stakeholders to take immediate, science-based actions toward a "sustainable, healthy, and clean oceans," citing the dire state of oceans due to marine pollution and climate change. At the Manila-hosted 2022 East Asia Summit (EAS) Workshop on Maritime Cooperation, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro outlined the need to strengthen scientific and technical cooperation to find "transformative" solutions to protect and preserve the marine environment. "Although we face re
Malaysia is set to lead a push for tougher action on Myanmar when a regional bloc of foreign ministers meet this week, as anger mounts at the junta for stonewalling crisis resolution efforts.
PHNOM PENH, Aug 1 Malaysia is set to lead a push for tougher action on Myanmar when a regional bloc of foreign ministers meet this week, as anger mounts at the junta for.
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Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Asean Affairs Daniel Espiritu (PNA photo by Jess Escaros Jr.) MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo is set to assert the 2016 arbitral ruling as the Philippines' anchor to its actions in the West Philippine Sea in the upcoming meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers next month. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Manalo would lead the Philippine delegation to the 55th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings from Aug. 2 to 6 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. DFA Assistant Secretary for Asean Affairs Daniel Espiritu said the Ukraine war, the situation in Myanmar, and the South China Sea are expected to top the issues ministers would discuss during the meet. "Secretary Manalo (is) expected to assert the 1982 UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) and the arbitral award as the twin anchors of our actions and policies on the South China