Locsin asks Lorenzana to start process of terminating VFA

Credit to Author: Javier J. Ismael| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 06:13:48 +0000

FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has instructed Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to “start the process” of terminating the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States. Locsin, who heads the VFA panel for the government, also clarified on Twitter that he was leaving for Washington DC on totally VFA-unrelated matters but has called […]

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Lorenzana ‘not yet inclined’ to recommend martial law in Negros Oriental

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 12:11:27 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he is not likely to recommend martial law in Negros Oriental at the moment. “We will wait for the recommendation and justification of the military and local officials. Me? I am not inclined to recommend as of now,” he told INQUIRER.net on Friday. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo […]

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DND on Zamboanga travel warning: Duterte looking out for tourists’ safety

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:26:11 +0000

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s travel warning in Zamboanga was only meant as his “way of looking out for the safety of tourists visiting the Philippines.”

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No separate deal with Nur – Palace

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:34:18 +0000

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Thursday said the Duterte administration would make no separate agreement with any party that may affect the integrity of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA)

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Duterte meets kin of soldiers killed in Jolo blasts; gives P500K financial aid

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:35:30 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte met the families of soldiers killed in the twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu as he gave them P500,000 in financial…

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Lorenzana: Jolo and Zamboanga blasts likely unrelated

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:37:59 +0000

Lorenzana: Jolo and Zamboanga blasts likely unrelated

MANILA, Philippines — The grenade explosion in Zamboanga City before dawn Wednesday is likely not related to the recent twin bombings in a Jolo cathedral, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.

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Lorenzana decries Jolo blast, vows ‘full force of law’ vs perpetrators

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 05:36:02 +0000

Lorenzana decries Jolo blast, vows ‘full force of law’ vs perpetrators

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana condemned the deadly bombing that hit a Roman Catholic church in Jolo, Sulu, adding that the “full force of the law” will be used to bring those behind the incident to justice.

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Lorenzana, other Cabinet officials rally for BOL

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 09:36:38 +0000

Lorenzana, other Cabinet officials rally for BOL

Some members of the Cabinet led by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana trooped to Sulu on Thursday to throw support behind the historic plebiscite of the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

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