August 20, 2026
DEPUTY SPEAKER ARENAS’ OFFICIAL VISIT TO ROK ADVANCESPH-ROK PARLIAMENTARY AND PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE TIES
SEOUL, 19 August 2026 — Deputy Speaker and House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairperson Maria Rachel J. Arenas concluded an Official Visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) from 12 to 19 August 2026, at the invitation of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, further strengthening high-level parliamentary engagement, local government, economic, and people-to-people cooperation under the Philippines–ROK Strategic Partnership.
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August 27, 2026
AKLAN OFFICIALS COMPLETE TRAINING WITH KOICA-GWANGJU TO ADVANCE DISASTER RESPONSE GOVERNANCE
SEOUL, 18 August 2026 —Philippine Ambassador Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez highlighted the importance of uniting public and private sectors for disaster response, climate resilience, and sustainable development during the Fellowship of the 2026 KOICA Global Training Program: Capacity Building for Public-Private Governance on Community Volunteer Work in the Philippines (2024–2026) in Gwangju on 18 August 2026. Driven by urbanization and rising natural calamities in the Philippines, the Ambassador emphasized the importance of shifting the focus from reactive crisis management to proactive readiness, allowing communities to recover much faster through shared governance.
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