DFA still verifying arrest of ex-Spox Roque - BusinessWorld Online

Harry Roque stays in The Hague after doctors block Austria flight

MANILA, Philippines — Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday night said he is still in The Hague, the Netherlands, after disembarking from his flight bound for Austria because doctors had not cleared him to travel. In a Facebook Live video, Roque said he got off KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight KL 1901 after airport personnel learned he had a medical certificate declaring him “unfit to fly” following a recent surgery. Vienna, he …

DFA still verifying arrest of ex-Spox Roque - BusinessWorld Online

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is still verifying reports claiming former Presidential Spokesman Herminio “Harry” L. Roque has been arrested in the Netherlands, where he is seeking political asylum. “The DFA is still in the process of verifying, as they have had no information from the Netherlands, we will revert as soon as it is confirmed,” Senator Maria Imelda R. Marcos, who sponsored the DFA’s budget, told the Senate plenary on Tuesd…

Philippines cancels Roque, Cassandra Ong passports

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed late Tuesday, November 25, that it had canceled the passport of former Duterte spokesperson Harry Roque following a resolution issued by a Pasig court. DFA spokesperson Angelica Escalona, in a message to media, said the passports of the following individuals were canceled after the department received a resolution from Branch 157 of the Regional Trial Court in P…

Harry Roque denies rumors he was arrested

Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday denied reports that he was arrested abroad.

DFA: No confirmation yet on arrest of Harry Roque

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said the Philippine government has no confirmation about the reported arrest of Harry Roque in The Netherlands following the cancelation of his passport."We got no confirmation [about Roque's arrest]," Lazaro said in a chance interview at the Senate after the deliberation of the proposed 2026 budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)."We were talking to the Philippine Emb…

Harry Roque denies arrest rumors

Lawyer Harry Roque on Tuesday denied rumors that he was supposedly arrested in the Netherlands in connection to his human trafficking case for his alleged ties