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TWELVE Filipino workers and a Filipino-Ukrainian toddler, who fled while Ukraine was being attacked by Russian forces last week, were expected to arrive in Manila Tuesday night, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced, as the Philippine government voted “yes” to a UN resolution condemning the invasion of the Eastern European…
ALLIES. Philippine Navy (PN) chief Vice Adm. Adeluis Bordado (right) speaks with US 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Karl Thomas (left) during a courtesy call at the PN headquarters in Manila on Tuesday (Feb. 22, 2022). Thomas' visit is among the routine interactions between the PN and its US counterpart that greatly contribute to the furtherance of bilateral relations between Manila and Washington DC. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - Philippine Navy (PN) chief Vice Adm. Adeluis Bordado thanked US 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Karl Thomas for his support for "a free and open Indo-Pacific region". Bordado made this pronouncement during Thomas' courtesy call to PN headquarters in Roxas Boulevard, Manila Tuesday afternoon. In a statement Wednesday, PN public affairs office chief Commander Benjo Negranza said the two naval leaders "reaffirmed both navies' enduring relationship and cooperation." Thomas said good high-level discussions such as courtesy calls are "some of the things that we can do together to try to improve our interoperability and improve our strong alliance." "We should always keep our lines of communications open so that whenever we need something and you need help also we can extend things the best way as an ally," Bordado added. Thomas' visit is among the routine interactions between the PN and its US counterpart that greatly contribute to the sustainment and furtherance of bilateral relations between Manila and Washington DC. The US 7th Fleet is the largest of the US Navy's forward-deployed fleet, maintaining a continuous forward presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Its area of operations covers more than 36.1 million square nautical miles spanning from the International Date Line to the India/Pakistan border and from the Kuril Islands in the north to the Antarctic in the south. This encompasses 36 maritime countries and five Mutual Defense Treaty allies namely, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines. (PNA) }
Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Exactly two weeks after announcing that he is pulling out of the presidential race, Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go has officially withdrawn his candidacy at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Manila Tuesday morning. Without fanfare, Go personally submitted his statement of withdrawal before the poll body's Law Department. The document was received at 10:46 a.m., Comelec records show. "I am no longer in this race to run for the presidency in 2022, I spoke last November 30, I just waited a little while to let my supporters know that my heart and my mind really re-resisted to run as President," Go said in an interview. Go, who went on his own to the Comelec office, said he felt that it was the right time to file his withdrawal. Not even his party, the PDP-Laban, knew that he was filing the withdrawal Tuesday. "No one knows. Because if I let them know, many will know," the senator said. "I'm just looking for the right time. Honestly, I was the only one who came here, I just took a taxi. My security and driver, I didn't inform them that I was going here," he said. Asked who among the presidential contenders he will support in the May 9, 2022 polls, Go said someone who can continue the programs of President Rodrigo Duterte. "The President and I will talk about it on who can continue the good programs started by President Duterte, Build, Build, Build program, help the poor, that's what the President and I will support," he said. Last month, Go announced his withdrawal from the May 2022 polls. He is the standard bearer of the ruling party. To recall, heoriginally filed his COC for vice president. But on November 13, he withdrew his first COC and filed a new one seeking for the highest post in the country, substituting Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa. (PNA) }
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