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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin was a “no-show” during the new Philippine envoy to Moscow's presentation of credentials last week, as the strongman assigned his deputy foreign minister to stand on his behalf. The Philippine Embassy in Moscow said Ambassador Igor Bailen presented his credentials on March 17 to Deputy Foreign…
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Ensign Ralph O. Barajan received the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Pasay City on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Barajan was off-duty when he saved 62 lives aboard an ill-fated passenger vessel MV Siargao Princess in the waters of Cebu on Nov. 7, 2019.
Present during the awarding were Assistant Secretary Igor Bailen and John Francis Herrera of the DFA – Maritime and Oceans Affairs Office, as well as Chief of Coast Guard Staff, Rear Admiral Rolando Lizor Punzalan.
The IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea is an annual international recognition for individuals who performed “acts of exceptional bravery, risking their own lives to ensure safety of life at sea, and to prevent or mitigate marine environmental damages.”
Sen. Francis Tolentino
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During the hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the TPNW, Tolentino asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to come up with a mode to diplomatically assert the Philippines’ position in the WPS once the Senate concurs on the ratification of the said treaty and the country becomes a State Party.
He noted that under the treaty, a State Party is obligated to, among others, submit a declaration to the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) if there are any nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices in its territory or in any place under its jurisdiction or control that are owned, possessed, or controlled by another State.