Highest paid Cabinet member gave pay away
He may have been the highest paid in the Aquino Cabinet last year, but Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario just gave it all away, according to diplomatic officers.
He may have been the highest paid in the Aquino Cabinet last year, but Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario just gave it all away, according to diplomatic officers.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes’ attack on a member of President Benigno Aquino III’s official family, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, will not necessarily jeopardize the ruling Liberal Party’s (LP) planned coalition with the Nacionalista Party (NP), a senior party official said Saturday.
Senator Antonio Trillanes’ attacks on a member of President Benigno Aquino’s official family, Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario, will not necessarily jeopardize the Liberal Party’s planned coalition with the Nacionalista Party, a senior administration party official said Saturday.
Malacañang moved swiftly to contain the fire stoked by revelations of infighting between Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario and pro-administration Senator Antonio Trillanes IV over the issue of the West Philippine Sea being disputed by China.
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile exposed Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s alleged “quiet, secret and clandestine” meetings with Chinese officials on the Scarborough Shoal issue, including the latter’s alleged visit as the Philippine negotiator to China where he supposedly called the Department of Foreign Affairs chief a “traitor.”
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is the richest among President Benigno Aquino’s men while Education Secretary Armin Luistro has the least wealth, as shown by statements of assets, liabilities and net worth provided by Malacañang.
Next month’s high-level talks between the Philippines and the United States on expanding Washington’s military presence in the country will push through as planned, contrary to some reports, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.
The United States said Thursday it was ready to provide hardware to modernize the Philippine military, and the Philippines vowed to “stand up to aggressive action” amid rising tension at sea with China.
The Philippines and the United States have signed an agreement to jointly search for the remains of American soldiers missing in action (MIA) in the Philippines during World War II. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. signed the “statement of intent” at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday. [...]
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has thrown an oppositor to the nomination of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario out of the hearing room when he failed to provide evidence against the DFA chief.
