@piahontiveros Australian Ambassador to the PH Hae Kyong Yu on AUKUS security deal: Australia will be acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The Australian gov't absolutely has no intention of having nuclear weapons on those submarines
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu: We're seeing countries breaking int'l laws, whether Russia invading Ukraine, or closer to our (Indo-Pacific) region.
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu on tripartite AUKUS pact: The optimum pathway to acquire nuclear-powered submarines is to use US technology and UK technology
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu says Australia is committed to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons: We're doing it in a way that's very responsible and transparent
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu says AUKUS allows collective defense in Indo-Pacific region
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu: We have made our positions around China — that we support status quo, that we don't want conflict, that we want to live in a region that is secure, respectful of int'l law and sovereignty
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu says opening of new EDCA sites in PH is "very, very good development" in defense cooperation
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu on PH-Australia strategic partnership: We're expecting this partnership to be signed by our leaders before the end of the year
@piahontiveros Australian Amb. Yu on PH-Australia strategic partnership: It's to reflect how our relationship has matured throughout the years and set ourselves in bigger, more ambitious goals
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Ex-DFA Secretary Albert Del Rosario's kin issues a statement on the passing of the country’s former top diplomat.
The family said that the ambassador has suffered a massive heart attack while enroute to San Francisco. | @TristanNodalo
@TristanNodalo The family of the late Amb. Albert Del Rosario said that the plane carrying a casket bearing the remains of the former DFA chief has arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport today. Also on the plane was the ambassador’s wife and sister. | @TristanNodalo
“In the early morning of April 18, Amb. Del was en route to San Francisco, when he breathed his last. While there were valiant attempts to resuscitate him by two doctors who were passengers on the same flight, these efforts were to no avail,” the family says. | @TristanNodalo
@HYV_Official P-pop group Hyv was launched in March 2023. The group's main dancer Lee-An says their music is about storytelling: Ang music kasi namin, nagte-tell kami ng storya. Connected po siya sa mga susunod.
@HYV_Official Hyv's main vocals Sora tells fan to "dig deeper" in their upcoming releases.
HAPPENING NOW: Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang deliver their opening remarks ahead of their bilateral meeting. | LIVE bit.ly/3mOw3rn
Manalo welcomes Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang: We meet coming from a strong beginning this year, with the successful state visit of President Marcos to China. And I continue to believe that this year bodes well for Philippine-China relations.
The two officials are expected to tackle a range of issues — including regional security concerns — during their meeting, the DFA earlier said.
Vernon Go, president and publisher of Fookien Times PH Yearbook, says his grandfather started publishing and documenting the “progress” of the Filipino through the yearbook in 1935.
Go says the theme of the most recent yearbook, the Filipino national identity, shows that the Philippines’ identity is still a work in progress.
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno says the whole infrastructure program of the Marcos administration is valued at ₱9 trillion. He notes half of the projects will be through public-private partnership.
Sec. Diokno says focus of the infra program are ferry systems, hospitals, ports, railways, toll roads, busways, and airports.
Mabulac says doing paperless in departure information by May 1 is a way of integrating PH's border control in compliance with the government's digitalization efforts.
BI says the elderly and PWDs can still use the old way of registering through paper-based departure cards. It adds airlines may help travelers in registering through the online system.