The Philippine government has reached out to the United States (US) and Israel in hopes that these nations would spare their excess vaccines to Filipinos and protect them from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Oleg Vakhromov/ Unsplash) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and...
The government is having doubts on whether the Philippines could count on the United States in case of a full-blown conflict in the West Philippine Sea. Chinese vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 27, 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea)...
The United States (US) is funding two separate agriculture projects in the Philippines with combined investment of P1.6 billion. In a letter to Philippine Agriculture Secretary William Dar, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack said his agency is committed to making...
The Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) instructed their foreign ministers to hold meetings with China and the United States of America (USA) as soon as possible to enhance their ties with external partners. The ASEAN leaders meet at the organization’s secretariat...
Top Philippine and United States (US) brass are engaged in "continuous talks" to discuss what possible actions can be done ahead of July, when the suspension of the Visiting Forces Agreement's (VFA) termination is set to expire. Tnus, bared United States Embassy Charge d'Affaires John Law, who...
A Board Member of Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) backed the call of some local industry players to scrap the export allocation of the country’s sugar production for the current crop year to the United States. This, as groups like Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations, Inc. (CONFED)...
The United States under President Joe Biden has reaffirmed its commitment to its alliance with the Philippines amid the new China law that allows its Coast Guard to attack foreign vessels that would ‘intrude’ in the South China Sea. (AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This comes as two US...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed more funding to DELIVER-e application, a farmers-to-buyers digital platform recently launched in the Philippines. In a Webinar on Monday, USAID Acting Mission Director for Philippines Patrick Wesner said his agency...
Grandmaster Wesley So, who now plays for the United States, is on the semifinals with his teammates in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. (MB File Photo) Philippine-born Wesley So pulled off a pair of impressive victories on top board as the United States clobbered Ukraine with a two-match sweep...
'Not a player and asymptomatic,' says USTA medical officer In a statement, the USTA revealed that the person who has contracted the virus "is not a player" and is asymptomatic. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) A positive test for coronavirus has been found in the New York tennis bubble where the US Open is...
