MAY 2019 | International Law Alerts | Foreign Policy / Bilateral Relations

Australia and the Philippines have a “very sound” relationship but “more can be done” to boost trade and economic ties, the newly-appointed Australian envoy said Wednesday.

Malacañang has cautioned Canada to take back their garbage pronto or the Philippines would “sever relations with them.”

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. stamped his authority on foreign policy issues amid the escalating row between the Philippines and Canada over the tons of trash that were illegally shipped to Manila in 2013 and 2014

Amid the brewing diplomatic spat between Manila and Ottawa over the issue of the tons of garbage that were illegally shipped to the country almost six years ago, the Philippine Consul General in Calgary has encouraged successful Filipino immigrants in Canada to share their experiences and career growth with the fast-growing Filipino community in that country.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday ordered Filipino diplomats recalled from their diplomatic posts in Canada to go back shortly after the tons of Canadian waste were finally loaded into a ship, and left the Subic port en route to Vancouver