Lane Pollack, center, of Rockville, Md., a senior learning advisor at USAID for 14 years, is consoled by a co-worker after having 15 minutes to clear out her belongings from the USAID headquarters, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) —...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña on Saturday, March 1, called on the Department of Health (DOH) and other agencies to come up with an impact assessment on the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) funding freeze to the Philippines. Cendaña said the government should not just...
PROTEST – Demonstrators protest against cuts to American foreign aid spending, including USAID and the PEPFAR program to combat HIV/AIDS, at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON (AP) —...
A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Feb. 13, reiterated its commitment to sustaining programs supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) despite the announced funding freeze. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) In a statement, DepEd said it has outlined...
With funding for the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) frozen by US President Donald J. Trump for three months, China and Japan are expected to step up as development partners for Asia-Pacific countries' development partners and expand their influence in the region,...
Cardinal Michael Czerny meets with journalists at the Vatican press hall, in Rome, on March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' point-man on migration and development has urged the Trump administration to remember Christian principles about...
Demonstrators and lawmakers rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers foreign aid approved by Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5,...
History reminds us of JFK's (John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States) powerful words: "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." This statement served as the bedrock for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)....
Around P4 billion worth of projects in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) have been affected by the shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) These projects, which support various learning initiatives...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo and United States Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay declined to comment on the reported abolition of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the recall of their personnel from foreign posts. A...
Solar panels system funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are seen in the Lebanese-Syrian border town of Majdal Anjar, eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it...
