YOU know something’s afoot when diplomats talk dirty about another country without filters. When I was a newbie reporter, I asked then-Foreign Affairs secretary Domingo Siazon Jr.: “Is it your job to lie for the country?” “I don’t lie,” he said. “But I have to be careful of the words I…
DEFENSE Secretary Gilbert Teodoro maintained on Saturday, April 27, 2024, that the Philippines has not entered into any contracts with any Chinese government officials concerning Ayungin Shoal.
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be ready to face external threats with
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FRANCE and the Philippines are planning to start negotiations on an agreement that would give French soldiers immunity from criminal liabilities while participating in military exercises in the Philippines. French Ambassador to Manila Marie Fontanel said Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu…