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MANILA - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has denounced as "highly reprehensible" the recent execution of four activists in Myanmar. "Asean denounces and is strongly disappointed by the execution of four opposition activists, including Phyo Zeyar Thaw, Kyaw Min Yu, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw, despite the appeals by Samdech Techo Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, in his capacity as the Asean Chair, as well as other Asean Member States, for the sentences to be reconsidered," the bloc said in a July 25 statement. The Asean said it takes the issue seriously and called for "utmost restraint, patience, and efforts to avoid escalating the situation." It noted that these executions, just a week before the 55th Asean Ministerial Meeting, present a "gross lack of will to support the efforts" in expediting progress on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC). "Cambodia, as the Asean Chair, wishes to echo the overwh
MANILA - No Filipino casualty has so far been reported amid the blistering heat waves sweeping across Europe, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. "The department has instructed our Foreign Service Posts in Europe to monitor the situation regarding the current heat wave being experienced in Europe," DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gonar Musor said in a statement. "So far, no report has been received of casualties involving our Filipino citizens." Musor noted that Philippine embassies and consulates in Europe continue to remind the local Filipino community to take the necessary precautions against the negative effects caused by the heat wave. Several parts of Europe have been suffering from sweltering heat waves and wildfires this month, causing air pollution in the continent to spike. In an advisory on July 19, scientists of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service predicted "very high levels" of surface ozone pollution across a large re
MANILA - To prove it is serious in prohibiting its officers and staff here and abroad from engaging in partisan political activities, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has instructed one of its envoys to go home following his wife's perceived violation of rules. Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto's wife, Jo, was reported to have encouraged the Philippine community in an online meeting to vote while wearing a red shirt bearing the initials of a presidential candidate. DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Gonar Musor, said on Saturday the agency is investigating the incident and has instructed Alonto to return to the Philippines for consultations. "The DFA regularly reminds personnel here and at Foreign Service Posts on the prohibition against engagement, whether directly or indirectly, in any electioneering or partisan political activity. It does not condone acts that go against the Omnibus Election Code, the Overseas Votin