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(Eagle News)–The Philippines has suspended the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. According to a diplomatic note issued to US Ambassador Sung Kim and posted on the Foreign Affairs Secretary’s Twitter account, the suspension of the termination of the agreement, which governs the conduct of US forces who take part in military exercises in the Philippines, was “in light of the political and other developments in the region.” […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given instructions for the Department of Foreign Affairs to transmit the notice of termination to the United States government, giving formal notice to end the 22-year old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), according to his spokesperson Salvador Panelo. The VFA, which was signed in February 1998, has the primary effect of allowing the US government to retain jurisdiction over U.S. military personnel acuused of committing crimes in the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Ralph Recto believes the United States’ cancellation of Senator Ronald Dela Rosa’s visa was “wrong,” noting that the former national police chief had even been given the red carpet when he visited the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But according to Recto, the country’s response to the US’ move should be “commensurate.” “Kung dapat mang ibasura ang (Visiting Forces Agreement), kailangang ipakita na it has been unfavorable to us, that we are getting the […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday, Jan. 24, said he and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana were “starting the process of terminating” the Visiting Forces Agreement. In a Tweet, Locsin, who is chair of the VFA, said this was being done “by first contacting the Senate because it is a treaty on our side, an executive agreement on the US side.” The Foreign Affairs secretary issued the remark after President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday, Jan. 24, said the United States’ cancellation of Senator Bato Dela Rosa’s US visa was a “direct affront” to President Rodrigo Duterte as the “architect” of the drug war. Lorenzana said this was why he understands why Duterte got irked at the US’ move against Dela Rosa, and threatened to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement, which allows US bases in the country. “(Duterte) ordered Bato, then […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to end the Visiting Forces Agreement if the United States does not reverse the cancellation of Senator Ronald Dela Rosa’s US visa was all about “one-sided foreign relations,” the senator himself said. In a statement, Dela Rosa said Duterte was, after all, a “leader who doesn’t want his people treated unfairly.” “Ok lang mga sundalo nila labas-masok sa ating teritoryo while a senator of this republic is barred from entering their […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The United States has revoked the visa for the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, her office said Friday, over a possible investigation of American soldiers’ actions in Afghanistan. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda would continue to pursue her duties for the Hague-based court “without fear or favour” despite the ban, her office said in a statement. The move against Bensouda, a Gambian national, comes weeks after US Secretary of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States revoked 60,000 travel visas after President Donald Trump ordered a ban on visitors from seven mainly-Muslim countries, the State Department said Friday. “Fewer than 60,000 individuals’ visas were provisionally revoked to comply with the Executive Order,” said Will Cocks, spokesman for the department’s bureau of consular affairs. “We recognize that those individuals are temporarily inconvenienced while we conduct our review under the Executive Order,” he said. “To […]
