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(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Saturday, June 22, said it was canceling all “courtesy diplomatic passports.” The DFA made the announcement after admitting it had “revalidated” former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario’s diplomatic passport, and it knew he would use the same in his business trip to Hong Kong. The DFA said the revalidation was done on June 18 by the DFA Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) – Diplomatic and Official Passport […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, June 21, said former Foreign Affairs Albert del Rosario may have “misused” his diplomatic passport when he went to Hong Kong. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, Del Rosario’s trip was, after all, “private in nature and is in no way related to government or foreign service.” Del Rosario was supposed to attend a shareholders meeting of First Pacific Company Limited, but he was denied entry. On May 21, former […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, June 20, slammed the government for what she said was its silence even when “respected civil servants” were being “harassed” by China. Hontiveros made the statement after former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario was held at the Hong Kong airport, where he was to attend a business meeting. Del Rosario suffered the same plight as former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, who was supposed to go on vacation […]
(Eagle News)–China’s Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua described as a “fabrication” the communication filed by two former government officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping over the Asian giant’s claims in the South China Sea. “It’s an action by individuals and we think it’s a kind of political action viciously targeting the Chinese leadership,” Zhao Jianhua said prior to his courtesy call on Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in the Palace. According to Zhao, “of course, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made it clear to China that the Philippine government had nothing to do with the filing of a communication against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court. According to a press release from Malacañang, this was what Duterte told Song Tao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, during the Chinese official’s courtesy call on the chief executive on Wednesday, […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 23, said that while it was the right of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to file it, the filing of a communication against China’s Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court may be a “futile exercise.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was because in the first place, China was not a member of the ICC and as […]
(Eagle News) — The communication filed by two former high-ranking government officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court will not affect Philippine-China relations. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who spoke to reporters on Thursday, March 21. “No, I’m sure it won’t,” Duterte said when asked. According to Duterte, while the Philippines was a “democratic country and anybody can bring a suit against anybody,” whether or not it “would prosper […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday chastised former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and those “who keep on talking,” saying they allowed China’s construction of man-made structures in the disputed South China Sea to “blossom into something like an armed garrison now.” “Ito sila Del Rosario, and the rest of the guys, itong lahat na nagdadaldal. Where were they?” he said in his speech during the Coast Guard Auxiliary National Convention in Davao. According to Duterte, […]
MANILA, Philippines — After five years in service, Secretary Albert Del Rosario formally stepped down as the country’s top diplomat yesterday, March 7, after helping save thousands of overseas Filipino workers and even bringing China to court. Unknown to many, Del Rosario flew to Tripoli, Libya, to help bring 400 Filipinos out of the danger zone, only 36 hours after taking his oath as the Philippines’ top diplomat in February 2011. Del Rosario also went […]
AS DELIVERED Statement Before the Permanent Court of Arbitration Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands WHY THE PHILIPPINES BROUGHT THIS CASE TO ARBITRATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE REGION AND THE WORLD Republic of the Philippines v. People’s Republic of China HON. ALBERT F. DEL ROSARIO Secretary of Foreign Affairs 07 July 2015 Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Tribunal, it is a great honor to respectfully appear before you on behalf of my country, the […]
THE Philippines has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Sunday to “assert its leadership, centrality, and solidarity” in order to thwart China’s massive reclamation activities over the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). In his intervention during the 26th ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario urged his fellow ministers to support the Philippines in opposing China’s unreasonable actions on its way towards controlling […]
