Archive for February, 2017
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‘PHL-U.S. relationship is 2-way street; we can’t always be the nice guy’ — Chuasoto (Part 2)
By Cristina DC Pastor The FilAm (TF): Is Marciano Paynor no longer in the running for the Ambassador position? Patrick Chuasoto (PC): I’m not sure. TF: Is President Duterte coming to the U.S. for a state visit? PC: Put it this way, in my almost 19 years in the foreign service, anything can happen. At […]
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PHL Embassy Minister Patrick Chuasoto: Waiting for the Ambassador (Part 1)
By Cristina DC Pastor Where to begin? That Minister Patrick Chuasoto of the Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C., is a Mensan with an IQ of 153? Or that he is a shooting enthusiast who was once upon a time a member of the NRA? These are only two of the fascinating facets of his personal […]