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.