Pompeo offers ‘best’ try on vaccine deal

By Javier Joe Ismael

Dec 20, 2020 12:18 am

FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. bared on Saturday that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will give it his “best try” to help the Philippines get even “a fraction” of the Pfizer vaccine deal after the Philippines’ top diplomat reported that “someone dropped the ball” during the negotiations.

HOLD MY HAND This Dec. 20, 2018 file photo shows United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo preparing to shake hands with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. at the US State Department in Washington, D.C. AFP FILE PHOTO

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