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[Title] => Envoy affirms South Korea’s support for Mindanao development
[Summary] => South Korean Ambassador Lee Sang-hwa has affirmed his country’s support for the smooth conduct of the peace process and socioeconomic development efforts in Mindanao.
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[Title] => Pokémon Senate: A bottomless abyss
[Summary] => When you think the Senate, currently led by self-proclaimed “Ambassador of Jesus Christ” Alan Pokémon Cayetano, can’t sink any deeper into the muck, it somehow finds ways to prove us wrong.
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[Title] => More economic ties with new US ambassador
[Summary] => The Senate confirmation of Lee Lipton as the new United States ambassador to the Philippines comes at a very significant moment in Philippines-US relations.
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[Title] => New US envoy preparing for travel to Philippines
[Summary] => Newly confirmed United States Ambassador Lee Lipton met with Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez following the Senate confirmation of the Florida businessman’s nomination, the US embassy in Manila said in a post on X.
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[Summary] => Who is more of a persona non grata, the Chinese ambassador who is only doing his job to defend and uphold his government's interests, or the two senators and seven of their allies who are betraying the trust of the Filipino people by proposing to surrender the Kalayaan Island Group to China?
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[Title] => Phl-US diplomatic relations: 80 years after
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[Title] => Philippines, United States commemorate 80 years of diplomatic relations
[Summary] => The Philippines and the United States have launched a new logo marking and celebrating 80 years of diplomatic relations.
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[Title] => President Marcos: No persona non grata vs China envoy
[Summary] => President Marcos has rejected calls to declare Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan persona non grata, in the face of the Chinese embassy’s trading verbal jabs with Philippine officials over disagreements on the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
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[Title] => Chinese ambassador visits Pam, Archival, pushes bilateral relations
[Summary] => The new Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan underscored Cebu’s importance in bilateral relations during separate courtesy calls to Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro and Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival the other day.
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[Title] => Consular Corps celebrates 50 years, names Agnes Huibonhoa as new dean
[Summary] => The Consular Corps of the Philippines celebrated its 50th year last Dec. 6 at the Makati Shangri-La, as it named Agnes Huibonhoa its new dean and honored three individuals for their unwavering support to the diplomatic community.
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[Title] => Pokémon Senate: A bottomless abyss
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[Title] => Philippines, United States commemorate 80 years of diplomatic relations
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[Title] => Chinese ambassador visits Pam, Archival, pushes bilateral relations
[Summary] => The new Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan underscored Cebu’s importance in bilateral relations during separate courtesy calls to Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro and Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival the other day.
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