Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario presented an update and overview of the accomplishments of what he called the “department that never sleeps” during the recent first monthly luncheon meeting of the Consular Corps of the Philippines, according to Monaco Honorary Consul General Fortune Ledesma, the new Dean of the Corps. Looking back to five years of achievements by his department under his stewardship, Secretary del Rosario concluded that, “What is cast in stone are our Foreign Policy Pillars which call for preservation and enhancement of national security, promotion of economic security, and protection of the rights and promotion of the welfare of our overseas Filipinos.” He added that “What is not cast in stone is how these pillars or objectives will be pursued. The manner in which these should be pursued, we believe, should be governed by relevance, effectiveness, and the values of our people…and guided by (a foreign [...]
