REQUIRES FURNISHING OF INTELLIGENCE DATA ‘IN TIMELY MANNER’
DFA demands 6 nations clarify terror advisories
By Michaela P. del Callar 11/08/2010The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sent diplomatic notes to six foreign embassies on Thursday and Friday to seek clarification on their basis for issuing damaging travel advisories and asked them to furnish Philippine authorities “in a timely manner” any intelligence information on threats of terrorism so that precautionary measures can be immediately undertaken.
Philippine officials were incensed by travel advisories released by the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and France that warned against an imminent terrorist attack in Metro Manila.
“The central challenge is to give all information necessary to protect the public and at the same time not to frighten people unreasonably. Filipinos can go about their business normally with the knowledge that our police and security agencies are hard at work,” said DFA spokesman Eduardo Malaya.
The Philippine Embassy in London also sought clarification from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which informed them that “the UK did not issue a new travel advisory but rather added only a minor sentence in their advisory to include a few general locations where terrorist attacks may take place.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101108hed1.html
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