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Published July 4, 2021, 11:46 AM
Despite the continuing onslaught of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, the Philippine government has successfully opened a new chancery building in the historical Roman road of Via Aurelia in the heart of Rome in Italy with no less than the top two officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in attendance.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle unveiling the marker of the newly-opened Philippine chancery in Rome, Italy on June 27, 2021. (PE Rome)
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. inaugurated the new chancery building of the Philippine Embassy in Rome on June 27, 2021 along with his wife, Ma. Lourdes Locsin, and DFA Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Consular Affairs Brigido Dulay Jr.
MANILA, May 7 The United States and the Philippines participated in a virtual Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop last week to demonstrate their shared commitment to preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Through briefings and discussions of regional proliferation issues, as well as maritime scenario discussions, the United States and the Philippines explored ways to best confront proliferation threats and leverage laws and regulations to stop proliferation.
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a U.S. Defense Department agency that works to counter and deter weapons of mass destruction and improvised threat networks, organized the workshop, which involved participants from across the governments of both countries. U.S. participants from the Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security joined Philippine rep resentatives from the National Security Council, the Departments of National Defense