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DFA says reclamation cannot change the reefs' legal status.

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The Philippines is making a fresh push to attract international students, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordering agencies to market local universities abroad and simplify how foreign students enter the country.  

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The Department of Foreign Affairs has vowed to send fresh instructions to the Philippine embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, to press Somali authorities to return the remains of a Filipino seafarer who died more than eight years ago, after its latest request went unanswered.

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The Provisional Understanding on rotation and resupply  to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal has never restricted or limited the exercise of Philippine sovereign rights and jurisdiction under international law, the Department of Foreign Affairs  said Tuesday.

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The two paths for Quiboloy as US extradition bid moves forward.

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Unidentified masked men in vans dumped at least five caskets with anti-China, anti-communist messages in Metro Manila before dawn on Friday, August 7, police have confirmed.

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What happens next in the US bid to extradite Quiboloy?

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Japan is extending a loan of $187.92 million (P11.54 billion) to address key reforms in the universal health care program, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Philstar.com's interview with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys.

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The Philippines' 15-year effort to claim seabed rights outside its exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea came before a United Nations body this week, in a bid that could add thousands of square kilometers of seafloor area under Manila's resource jurisdiction.

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Philstar.com's interview with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys.

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