Meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Manalo

Front Row: (l-r) Roberto Llames, Amb John F. Maisto, Acting Secretary Enrique A. Manalo, Honorary Consul Henry B. Howard Back Row: (l-r) Leonardo Canseco, Hank Hendrickson, Christopher Padilla, Hilda L. Gigioli, Asst Secretary Maria Andrelita S. Austria, Chargé d'Affaires Patrick A. Chuasoto, Brian Miller, JJ Ong, Amb Thomas C. Hubbard, and Sonny Busa (FilvetREP).
Led by US-Philippines Society President Ambassador John F. Maisto and Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard, Society directors met with Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo on May 3 to discuss US-Philippines interests and the Philippines’ hosting of the US-ASEAN Summit meeting in November which President Trump has committed to attend. The Secretary was in Washington DC to attend a US-ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
On 10 May, President Duterte appointed Alan Peter Cayetano as the new Foreign Affairs Secretary.