Tag: Alan Peter Cayetano

Roque: Team formed to help secure release of Filipinos kidnapped in Libya

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has formed a team to help secure the release of the three Filipinos who were kidnapped in Libya. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the team was headed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Members of the team included Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Mindanao Development Authority Secretary Datu Abul Khayr Dangcal Alonto, and Abdullah Mama-o, the presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers concerns. According to Roque, the formation […]

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Trillanes lashes out at Cayetano; calls him “a political snake”

(Eagle News)–“A political snake.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano following his word war with former President Benigno Aquino III over the West Philippine Sea issue. In a statement, Trillanes noted how Cayetano was “still a loyal ally of the Aquino administration” when the Panatag stand-off took place in 2012. “..So obviously, he never saw anything wrong with how PNoy (President Noynoy Aquino) resolved it then,” Trillanes […]

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Cayetano fires back at Noynoy Aquino over West PHL Sea issue

(Eagle News)—-Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano lashed out at  Former President Benigno Aquino III, who criticized his handling of the West Philippine Sea issue and hoped the secretary’s politics were as “transparent” as their hairstyles. In a statement posted on his Facebook account, Cayetano said it was “regrettable” the former president “chose to play with words, including our haircuts, in responding to an immensely important issue and addressing people’s main questions about the situation […]

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DFA opens additional 100,000 passport application slots

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs opened an additional 100,000 passport application slots  on Thursday, June 14. According to the DFA, 50,000 slots were made available past 12 noon today, while the other 50,000 will be made available at 9 p.m. The additional slots were opened following complaints the DFA website did not show available dates. Earlier in the day, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano launched the DFA’s Passport ePayment Portal  in Market! […]

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Alejano hits back at Cayetano

(Eagle News)–Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Saturday, June 2, hit back at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano after the country’s top diplomat criticized the lawmaker for releasing information about Chinese coastguards harassing Filipino soldiers in Ayungin Shoal on May 11. “Instead of holding the aggressor for its actions, DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano seems more infuriated that the Filipino people was informed of the harassment against our soldiers in Ayungin Shoal,” Alejano, a […]

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PHL, Kuwait sign pact on protection of OFWs in Gulf state

(Eagle News)–The Philippines and Kuwait have signed the memorandum of agreement on the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle Eastern country. This was revealed by the Department of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Friday, May 11. It was Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and his  Kuwaiti counterpart who signed the agreement which, among others, granted OFWs at least one day-off, and stipulated that their passports would no longer be confiscated by […]

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Palace sees no reason for Cayetano to resign

Roque says Cayetano “still enjoys trust, confidence” of President Duterte (Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, May 3, said there was no need for Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano to resign. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Cayetano, after all, “still enjoys the trust and confidence” of President Rodrigo Duterte. He said it should be Cayetano who should address the calls for resignation. “(But) as far as the Palace is concerned, there is no […]

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It will allow us to “move forward,” Cayetano says of Kuwaiti official’s call for calm amid tensions in PHL-Kuwaiti relations

(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed on Tuesday, May 1, the call for calm of a Kuwaiti official amid tensions between the Philippines and the Middle Eastern country, saying it would allow both countries to “move forward.” In a statement, Cayetano said  Kuwait’s “gesture,” through Deputy Foreign Minister Nasser al-Subaih, “will allow us to hurdle the challenges we face.” Cayetano noted that Kuwait was “a country with which we have a shared history […]

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Cayetano lashes back at US following State Department’s report vs PHL drug campaign

(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano  lashed back at the United States on Saturday, April 21, following a  report by the US State Department that human rights continue to be a major concern in the Philippines. “We do not need others who think they know better than us Filipinos to tell us what to do. As a sovereign nation, the Philippines deserves the same kind of respect we have been extending to our friends in […]

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Panelo: Cayetano, Roque only “expressing concern” about possible link between drug lords, some human rights groups

(Eagle News)–Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo went to the defense of two Cabinet secretaries over their claims some human rights groups may have links to drug syndicates In a statement, Panelo said Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque  were only “expressing concern” when they said that human rights group may be “unwitting tools” of drug syndicates to destabilize the government. “We are not dispensing accusatory allegations.They are merely expressing concern […]

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Cayetano: PHL to reaffirm commitment to war vs terror in ASEAN-Australia summit this week

(Eagle News) — The Philippines will once again affirm its commitment to the war against terror during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Australia Special Summit to be held in Sydney this week. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the country–which will be represented by Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano–will also share its development agenda during the two-day leaders dialogue that is “expected to focus on political-security, business, and other regional concerns.” Among the […]

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