PH breaks ranks with US on Palestinian statehood
By Jerome Aning
The Philippines was one of the 138 countries that voted in favor of a UN General Assembly resolution upgrading Palestine’s observer status in the world body.

The Philippines was one of the 138 countries that voted in favor of a UN General Assembly resolution upgrading Palestine’s observer status in the world body.

Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has warned against settling disputes by armed force, saying at a United Nations meeting that “the cost of conflict is too high in lives lost, in futures destroyed and in what must be done to rebuild.”