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(Eagle News) — Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. has passed away. His wife, Cecile, confirmed the news he had died at 7:26 a.m. due to pneumonia “caused by the recurrence of his cancer, not COVID.” Yasay was 73 years old. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. in a Tweet hailed Yasay, who had recommended him to a post in the United Nations, as someone who “hurt no one and helped everyone he could.” […]
(Eagle News)–Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, denied any wrongdoing in what prosecutors said was Banco Filipino Savings & Mortgage Bank’s failure to report P350 million in loans to Tierrasud Inc. between 2001 to 2009. In an interview over ANC, Yasay said he was “just” a director of the now-defunct bank and was only “tasked and hired to sit down with high officials of the (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) to […]
(Eagle News)–Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. was rushed to the hospital on Thursday, Aug. 22, just hours after his arrest. Manila Police District chief Police Brigadier General Vicente Danao said Yasay, who had been arrested for alleged violation of banking laws early in the day, was brought to the Manila Doctors Hospital after complaining of “chest pain” while in detention. Danao said Yasay will stay overnight in the hospital. The arrest warrant, which […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments (CA) last Wednesday, March 8, rejected the appointment of Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. for failing to disclose the status of his citizenship before the committee. During his confirmation hearing last February 22, Yasay said he never legally acquired an American citizenship because when it was issued to him on November 1986, the foreign citizenship was “null and void.” “I was disqualified from acquiring US […]
MANILA, Sept. 13 (PIA) -– President Duterte has not given the so-called “green light” to the execution of Mary Jane Veloso. This was the clarification made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. after reading a news item in the Jakarta Post with an erroneous headline that ran, “Duterte has given green light for Mary Jane’s execution.” Yasay gave credence to a later paragraph in the Jakarta Post story which said: “Veloso was excluded indefinitely from the […]
Tinanggap na ni dating Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Perfecto Yasay Jr. Ang alok ni president-elect Rodrigo Duterte na maging acting secretary ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Si Yasay ay Tubong Kidapawan City, North Cotabato at kabilang sa mga unang batch na pinangalanan ni Duterte para magsilbi bilang gabinete sa kaniyang administrasyon. Si yasay ay isa ring abugado at nagtapos sa University of the Philippines. Nagkaroon din ng papel si Yasay sa naging impeachment […]
