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(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday, May 9, that there were no Filipino casualties in the heavy floods that hit the southern part of Kenya and have left more than 100 dead. “Our kababayans in Nairobi are safe and we will continue to monitor the situation,” Philippine Ambassador to Kenya Uriel Norman Garibay said in his report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. According to the DFA, there are […]
(Eagle News) – Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, May 2, dismissed calls for him to resign, saying they were only part of “politics.” “So the calls are normal, you know — politics — but I think kayo na mag- in this last year whether we stepped up or we’ve slacked off in taking care of concerns of our OFWs,” Cayetano told reporters after welcoming at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs will ask the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Philippines to explain why the Kuwaiti government is expelling Philippine ambassador Renato Villa who was declared as “unacceptable” in Kuwait. The DFA said this action by the State of Kuwait was “deeply disturbing” as it was allegedly “inconsistent with the assurances” given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting DFA secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in Manila […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano apologized to the government and people of Kuwait on Tuesday, April 24, “for some actions taken by the Philippine embassy,” particularly a posted and shared video of embassy staff helping Filipinos fleeing from their allegedly abusive employers in Kuwait. “I apologize to my counterpart and we apologize to the Kuwaiti government, the Kuwaiti people and the leaders of Kuwait if they were offended by some […]
Cayetano, Turnbull discuss human rights, the West Philippine Sea, others in bilateral meet in Sydney (Eagle News) – The Philippines and Australia reaffirmed their commitment to fight terrorism, and discussed human rights, rule of law, the West Philippine Sea, and people-to-people relations in their bilateral meeting in Sydney, Australia. This was according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, who represented President Rodrigo Duterte during the bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on […]
(Eagle News) – Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano congratulated newly designated US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying the Philippines was looking forward to working with him. “We congratulate Mike Pompeo on his designation as the new Secretary of State. We look forward to working with him and further strengthening the special relationship between the Philippines and the United States,” Cayetano said in a statement. At the same time, he thanked former Secretary […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, February 27, that the Philippines was ready to have its human rights records scrutinized. But Cayetano also called on the UN council to also hear the side of the Philippine government and to not just listen to “critics who have politicized and even weaponized the issue.” He also appealed to the Council […]
(Eagle News) — The principal suspect in the killing of overseas Filipino worker Joanna Demafelis in Kuwait more than a year ago is now in the custody of authorities in Lebanon, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The suspect was identified as Nader Essam Assaf, a Lebanese national, who together with his wife, Mona, a Syrian national, are the principal suspects in the brutal torture and murder of the 29-year-old domestic helper from […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed the appointment of Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo as he noted how the INC has a “very organized system” of coordination that can greatly help concerns of overseas Filipinos abroad. He also observed how the INC leader had been conducting pastoral visitations of many of the INC’s local congregations abroad. “One reason is they have churches in several countries around […]
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has been given marching orders to meet with the Kuwait ambassador to seek the Kuwaiti government’s cooperation in assuring the security of overseas Filipino workers in the Gulf country. “I was… tasked to inform the nation that the marching order [to] Secretary Cayetano is to ensure that Filipinos are protected in Kuwait. And Secretary Alan Cayetano was tasked to get a commitment from […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala dinner for world leaders in President Rodrigo Duterte’s place on Friday night, Nov. 10, 2017. Duterte skipped the dinner because he was attending to urgent matters regarding the final preparations for the ASEAN Summit hosting of the Philippines, and getting information and coordinating with his officials in Manila regarding the recovery of Vietnamese captives of the terrorist group, the […]
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano appealed to the United Nations General Assembly for the country to be allowed to manage its own domestic concerns as critics continue to criticize the government’s war on drugs. “Our people expect that the sovereignty be respected. And that its democratically elected government’s assessment of threats and how to go about addressing them shall be accorded preeminence among nations, or at the very least, is it too much to […]
