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The Philippine Embassy-Migrant Workers Office in Muscat successfully provided immediate welfare assistance to all 15 Filipino seafarers aboard the LNG tanker Al Rekayyat, following a recent security incident in the Strait of Hormuz. Read full story here: bit.ly/4gCugPs

Secretary Lazaro Convenes Back-to-Back Meetings on Myanmar in Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand Read full story here: tinyurl.com/4sfk7926 #DFAForgingAhead

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(1/2) The Philippines, as chair of the Like-Minded Group for Middle-Income Countries (LMG-MICs), led the session on accelerating SDG achievements in middle-income countries at the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

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The Philippine Embassy celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between the Philippines and Vietnam through a gala dinner at Mövenpick Hanoi Centre Hotel on 09 July 2026. #DFAForgingAhead

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PH reaffirmed its commitment to advancing regional environmental cooperation and sustainable development during the 9th Session of the Committee on Environment and Development of the UNESCAP, held from 01 to 03 July 2026 at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok. #DFAForgingAhead

of Republic Act No. 12009, otherwise known as the New Government Procurement Act, and Related Procurement Guidelines” from 07 to 09 July 2026 at the DFA’s temporary headquarters in DoubleDragon Tower, Pasay City. (2/2) Read the full story here: tinyurl.com/mryzmyup

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in partnership with the Government Procurement Policy Board – Technical Support Office (GPPB-TSO), conducted a three-day retooling training on government procurement entitled “Seminar-Workshop on the Key Updates (1/2)

BANGKOK — Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Sunday urged Myanmar to reduce the violence that has claimed thousands of lives during the country's civil war and pressed its government to do more to promote political dialogue after years of diplomatic isolation. bnc.bilyonaryo.com/asean-foreign-…

BREAKING: Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi "in good health," says Myanmar top diplomat Myanmar’s Foreign Minister told fellow ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in a crucial meeting in the Thai capital of Bangkok that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was "in good health." This was reported by Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro Lazaro and Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow in a news conference after ASEAN foreign ministers held talks with their Myanmar counterpart, U Tin Maung Swe, in their first meeting after five years. "The premise of how he said it is that she is a relative, she is a sister, and therefore we will take care of her," Lazaro said. | via Michaela Del Callar, bnc.ph

BREAKING: Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, in a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday announced a plan to embark on a humanitarian mission to strife-torn Myanmar later this year. In a separate interview with Bilyonaryo News Channel, Lazaro, currently Special Envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to Myanmar, said Myanmar Foreign Minister U Tin Maung Swe, welcomed her proposal and gave an assurance she will be given the necessary permits. “They were very positive,” said Lazaro, who met Myanmar’s top diplomat during the informal talks by ASEAN Foreign Ministers that was hosted by Thailand on July 12 in an attempt to push for the country’s return to normalcy and regular engagements with the regional bloc. It was the first face-to-face meeting between ASEAN ministers and their Myanmar counterpart in five years after Myanmar’s army forcibly ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in 2021. | via Michaela Del Callar, bnc.ph

HAPPENING NOW: Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro and Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow are holding a joint press conference after top diplomats from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met on Sunday with their Myanmar counterpart for the first time in five years in Bangkok, Thailand. Lazaro, who was appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar, led the informal talks hosted by Sihasak as the bloc sought to break an intractable impasse that has isolated the resource-rich but civil war-stricken nation. The Philippines holds the rotational chairmanship this year of the 11-member ASEAN. | via Michaela Del Callar, bnc.ph

LOOK: Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, as special envoy to Myanmar, chaired the informal meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ foreign ministers with their Myanmar counterpart on Sunday in the Thai capital of Bangkok. Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow hosted the crucial talks with the Myanmar top diplomat, the first time in five years in an effort to break an intractable impasse that has isolated the resource-rich but civil war-stricken nation. All Foreign Ministers were present except Cambodia and Malaysia. | via Michaela Del Callar, bnc.ph 📸 Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs

DFA joined the Nat’l Peace Walk commemorating the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award 10th anniv in solidarity w/our fisherfolk, coastal communities & all Filipinos committed to protecting our maritime rights & upholding the rule of law under the Final & Binding Arbitral Award

READ #DFAStatement: Joint Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Philippines-China South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Award Also found in this link 👉 tinyurl.com/2ucfjmb4 #DFAForgingAhead

READ #DFAStatement: OPENING REMARKS HON. MA. THERESA P. LAZARO Diplomatic Reception “A Decade Hence: The Enduring Promise of Peaceful Dispute Settlement” 10th Anniversary of the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award Also found in this link dfa.gov.ph/opening-remark… #DFAForgingAhead

68th Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on 09 July 2026. (2/2) Read full story here: tinyurl.com/2z5jn4t2 #DFAForgingAhead

The Philippines underscored the growing importance of intangible investment as a driver of innovation, productivity, and long-term economic competitiveness during the launch of the World Intangible Investment Highlights 2026 (WIIH 2026) on the margins of the (1/2)