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 […]
SINCE the pandemic forced my children to attend classes online, I got a chance to listen to their lectures. Part of the curriculum for Grade-5 children in Social Studies (Araling Panlipunan) are the basic concepts of “territory,” “sovereignty,” “exclusive economic zone [EEZ]” and “UNCLOS” or the United Nations Convention on…
The Philippines has so far filed 241 diplomatic protests against China since the Permanent Court of Abritration ruled against Beijing’s massive claims in 2016, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official disclosed Monday.