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Top Environment in the US of Philippines snatched China’s ambassador to Manila: ‘I can’t afford to buy a new phone’
The Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Jose Manuel Romoldes, has always been a lot on his plate. While he was elevated under the administration of former Philippine President Rodrigo Dortre, it meant to keep bilateral relations healthy, even when Dao’s mayor pushed against the United States, including former President Barack Obama.
Since the second Donald Trump administration is contested, it means “anxiety” periods because he and every one of the world, really – – find out what the White House orders and issuance barrage means.

And then there is another thing in which Ambassador Romeolds needs to worry: China’s phone trying to hack. “[It’s about] Extracted information. My phone has already been tapped several times, “Romoldes, who has taken office since 2017, said in a Republic Talk interview.
“We just try to do our best. I guess we can’t use our phone as we usually want to like. I have changed my phone several times,” he said.
Romeolds also mentioned phone tapping at a forum at a university in the United States. “And as I said, I made fun of the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines [and] I said, you have to stop doing this because I can’t afford to buy a new phone.
Recalling his conversation with the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines, Huang Zillin said, “The latter just laughed at him.”
“But you know, it’s serious, [these] Things. Cyber security is a major problem in the Philippines right now. I think this is the only thing we have to survive right now but we have to fight behind. “We can’t just let it check,” Romoldes added.
Philippine safety – especially with foreign intervention, influence and spying efforts – made headlines in the early 2025.
In January alone, Filipino law enforcement officials announced the arrest of Chinese citizens, which was accused of spying on the Western Philippine island of Luzon and Pulvan.
The National Security Council has called for the expansion and upliftment of the Commonwealth’s spying law in the Philippines, as well as the approval of the laws monitoring foreign agents while living in the Philippines, as well as their updated. – Reapler.com