The motto “three pillars of Philippine foreign policy” is frequently cited by the officers and personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the foreign service as if it is part of their collective DNA. All recent secretaries of foreign affairs have also made policy pronouncements underscoring this theme. When I was proposed to […]
At least two senators, on Friday, May 27 threw their support behind President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s plan to continue and even improve the 23-year-old PH-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). The VFA was signed on May 27, 1999 by Thomas Hubbard, representing the United States, and Domingo L.