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Top Filipino diplomat to visit Beijing amid new Spratlys feud

By Tonyo Cruz Wed, Jul 06, 2011 3:12PM UTC View Comments

Amid brewing tensions over Chinese incursions in parts of Spratly Islands claimed by the Philippines, Manila’s top diplomat is on an official visit to the People’s Republic of China to “advance bilateral relations” between the two countries. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario’s Beijing visit closely follows a similar tour of Washington DC where the...

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Philippines: A rules-based regime in the South China Sea

By James Cordova Mon, Jun 27, 2011 9:34AM UTC View Comments

Albert F. Del Rosario, the secretary of the Philippines’s Department of Foreign Affairs, recently circulated an op-ed piece that aims to put in perspective his country’s position on the South China Sea dispute. I am reprinting the piece in full for the benefit of those who have been following this issue in this space. A...

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Clinton: US not taking sides on Spratlys issue

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Jun 24, 2011 7:32AM UTC View Comments

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Pic: AP.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that Washington “does not take sides on territorial disputes over land features in the South China Sea” or what Manila has recently dubbed as West Philippine Sea. Clinton made the declaration at a press conference after the “bilateral strategic dialogue” between Washington and Manila. Clinton...

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Philippines, Malaysia vow to intensify cooperation

By Tonyo Cruz Sun, Apr 17, 2011 3:53AM UTC View Comments

Five years after its last meeting, the seventh Philippines-Malaysia Joint Commission Meetings (JCM) was held April 15, this time under the auspices of Manila and with the top diplomats of the two Southeast Asian neighbors leading the gathering. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario and Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Dato’ Sri Anifah Aman led...

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Top diplomat back from Libya as 14,000 Filipinos remain unaccounted for

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, Mar 01, 2011 4:20PM UTC View Comments

President Aquino points to a map of Libya as Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario and Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz look on. (Photo by Robert Viñas/Malacañang Photo Bureau)

Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario arrived in Manila Tuesday afternoon onboard an Emirates Airlines flight personally overseeing efforts to evacuate Filipino workers from strife-torn Libya. But about 14,000 Filipinos in Libya remain unaccounted for. The Philippines reports that 2,324 Filipino nationals have “safely exited Libya” while 473 Filipinos have been able to return...

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