NEWS EXCHANGE DEAL. Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP) Director-General Khalil Hachimi Idrissi and Presidential Communications Operations Office-News and Information Bureau Director Virginia Arcilla-Agtay present the signed cooperation agreement between the two state news agencies on Wednesday (March 16, 2022) in Rabat, Morocco. Also present during the signing were Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Philippine Ambassador to Morocco Leslie Baja. (PNA photo by Joyce Ann L. Rocamora) RABAT, Morocco - The Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday signed a news-sharing deal with its Moroccan counterpart Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). Under this cooperation agreement, signed at MAP's headquarters in Rabat, the two agencies agreed to allow free access to each other's contents, including photos, audio, video, and infographics services, among others. They also agreed to exchange visits and expertise in journalistic, technical and executive fields. Philippine Ambassador to Morocco Les
Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo) MANILA - Acting Presidential Spokesperson Martin Andanar on Thursday welcomed the signing of a news-sharing deal between state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA) and its Moroccan counterpart Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). "We welcome the Philippine News Agency's cooperation agreement with Morocco's Maghreb Arabe Presse as this underscores the growing interests between the Philippines and Morocco," Andanar, also Secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), said in a press statement. He congratulated PCOO-News and Information Bureau (NIB) Director Virginia Arcilla-Agtay for standing as a witness to the signing of the agreement along with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. PNA, the country's official news wire, is under the helm of PCOO-NIB. Andanar said news-sharing deals such as this will help improve state information dissemination between the t
After being closed for almost 30 years, the Philippine Embassy in Morocco reopened with a new envoy in a bid to strengthen relations with the North African state.