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Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
‘’I will not sell the blood of our people. That is reparations,’’ Locsin testified in a public hearing before the Senate foreign relations chaired by Senator Aquilino Pimentel III.
The Senate panel deliberated on proposals to terminate all efforts to sell Philippine properties in Japan.
Locsin recalled that the first disgrace that almost hit the Cory government when it took power was a plan to sell the Philippine properties in Japan.
‘’Let them try,’’ Locsin of reports that he has the influence to have these properties sold. ‘’That’s not going to happen,’’ he added.
UN Refugee Agency commends The Philippines’ efforts to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the efforts of the Philippine Supreme Court in establishing a new committee to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people in the country.
Under the leadership of Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, the Special Committee on Facilitated Naturalization for Refugees and Stateless Individuals will lay the foundations for refugees and stateless persons to acquire Philippine citizenship. The Special Committee is tasked with enhancing and finalizing the draft rules developed by the Government’s Access to Justice Cluster of the Inter-Agency Steering Committee on the Protection of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Stateless Persons to facilitate judicial naturalization for refugees and stateless people in the Philippines. Members include government and civil society experts on naturalization, namely, the Department o
UN Refugee Agency commends The Philippines’ efforts to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people 24 December, 2020 - 14:10
Country: Philippines Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the efforts of the Philippine Supreme Court in establishing a new committee to accelerate naturalization for refugees and stateless people in the country.
Under the leadership of Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, the Special Committee on Facilitated Naturalization for Refugees and Stateless Individuals will lay the foundations for refugees and stateless persons to acquire Philippine citizenship. The Special Committee is tasked with enhancing and finalizing the draft rules developed by the Government’s Access to Justice Cluster of the Inter-Agency Steering Committee on the Protection of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Stateless Persons to facilitate judicial naturalization for refugees and stateless people in the Philipp