President Duterte thanked Japan for donating COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines. On Thursday, President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Japan for donating AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines. The latest donation of 1,124,100 doses of Japan-manufactured AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Manila airport on Thursday night and the shipment would add to the country’s supply … Read more
Japan will release an additional JPY 20 billion loan for the Philippine COVID-19 response. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Rodrigo Duterte held a telephone summit to discuss among others the impending release of the JPY 20 billion (roughly PHP 9 billion) Post-Disaster Standby Loan to the Philippines. The phone conversation between the two … Read more
President Duterte To Japanese Prime Minister Suga: “We cannot afford conflicts between neighbors” President Rodrigo Duterte told Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga that the Philippines “cannot afford conflicts between neighbors” as they discussed maritime safety and security in the Asia-Pacific region during their phone conversation on Wednesday. Malacañang made the statement after President Duterte had … Read more