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DND ASSISTANT SECRETARY MARITA YORO CALLS ON AMBASSADOR PONCE On 8 May 2025, Ambassador Ponce received a courtesy call from Department of National Defense (DND) Assistant Secretary Marita Yoro, head of the Philippine delegation to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Defense Officials’ Dialogue (DOD). Assistant Secretary Yoro was joined by the DND’s Supervising Defense Research Officer Ms. Louise Patricia Marie Jison and Defense Research Officer II Ms. Chrishel D. Suerte.  The ARF DOD, held on 8 May...

ASEAN LADIES CIRCLE BIDS FAREWELL TO ALC MYANMAR PATRON MADAME KHIN MYO THWE Kuala Lumpur, 08 May 2025 – The ASEAN Ladies Circle (ALC) bade a warm farewell to the ALC Myanmar Patron, Madame Khin Myo Thwe, during the ALC Patrons’ lunch held on 06 May 2025. ALC President Ambassador Maria Angela Ponce expressed her gratitude to Madame Khin for her dedicated leadership and unwavering support as Patron of ALC Myanmar. She also conveyed her best wishes for Madame Khin’s safe journey home. The...

AMBASSADOR PONCE ATTENDS MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT HARI RAYA CELEBRATION PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA - On 28 April 2025, Ambassador Maria Angela Ponce attended the Hari Raya celebration of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES). Dubbed the Majlis Lebaran Lestari NRES 2025, an Eco-Friendly Hari Raya celebration, the event was held at the Everly Hotel in Putrajaya, with YB Tuan Nik Nazmi bin Nik Ahmad, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability as...