Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Concerned about how Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo treated the president of the Union of Foreign Service Officers, Victoria Bataclan, foreign service corps, including non-career employees, want to send this letter to Gloria Arroyo. “We, the concerned members of the Philippine Foreign Service Corps, are dismayed at the action of Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Alberto...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... is to step up and increase our engagement with ASEAN," Marciel said.Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo has said ASEAN welcomes the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with Myanmar, adding that Southeast Asian governments have continued talking with the junta while constantly prodding it to move toward democracy."All of us talk with Myanmar," he said. "There is...
Ellen Tordesillas (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
There’s a brewing tension in what is traditionally a sedate world of foreign service that threatens to blow into the face Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo. Last Friday, Assistant Secretary Victoria Bataclan was told that she has been relieved as assistant secretary for European Affairs. No reason was given. The Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ed Malaya [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... is to step up and increase our engagement with ASEAN," Marciel said.Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo has said ASEAN welcomes the Obama administration's new policy of engagement with Myanmar, adding that Southeast Asian governments have continued talking with the junta while constantly prodding it to move toward democracy."All of us talk with Myanmar," he said. "There is...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Manila - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was scheduled to visit the Philippines next week, her Filipino counterpart said Saturday. Clinton was to arrive in Manila Thursday for a two-day visit before heading to Singapore for next weekend's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo saidRomulo said among the issues he would be discussing...
