MANILA - The Philippines and France on Sunday formally marked 75 years of diplomatic relations, with the latter seeing closer engagements on food security and education. "We really have had this very long friendship and cooperation, we're celebrating the 75th anniversary but our relations are even older than that," French Ambassador Michle Boccoz said during the 75th-anniversary celebration at Pinto Art Museum. "[It's] definitely a long story. So we're very happy now to look towards the future because what we want is to bring our youth together, to bring our people closer. So we are working and creating and educating together," she added. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., who was also present at the anniversary, hoped for deeper friendship and partnership as he noted how far the two countries' relations reached since June 1947. STRONG TIES. Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (center) and French Ambassador to Manila
DAVAO CITY Mayor Sebastian ‘Baste’ Duterte took his oath of office as the 19th City Mayor of Davao on Monday, June 27, at the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here.
Vice Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte takes oath as incoming Mayor of Davao City before Court of Appeals Associate Justice Loida Poasad
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday said it has expanded the Vice Presidential Security Detail (VPSD) to have more access to personnel, equipment, and other logistical requirements.
(File photo) MANILA - Outgoing President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made the right decision to skip presidential debates during the campaign period, noting that they had limited time to defend their answers. "During the campaign, we had a limited time to talk, and the next time that you are a candidate, you are invited to do that. Tama si Marcos (Marcos was right), decline," Duterte said in a speech during the oath-taking of local officials in his hometown Davao City. He said only TV stations owners benefitted from debates since they supposedly earned money for airing them. "We were only given half a minute or one minute and that's it. You cannot even talk further. It was for show. It earns money for them at your expense sometimes," he added. Throughout the campaign period, Marcos chose not to attend any presidential debates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and major TV stations due to his
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