Two young Filipinas are set to graduate from the prestigious United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) on Wednesday, May 19. Daisy Anne Atayan (L) and Dianne Shaira Basuel (Photo courtesy of the PCG) Daisy Anne Atayan and Dianne Shaira Basuel are the first female Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said US President Joe Biden had "bloody hands" because of his support of Israel in the raging conflict in the Gaza Strip. The Turkish president's comments in a nationally televised address represented one of his strongest attacks on Biden since his arrival in...
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that he backs having a ceasefire in the bloody exchanges between Israelis and Palestinians, but he stopped short of openly demanding a truce. US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May...
Several leaders of various Filipino-American groups thanked United States President Joe Biden for the recent delivery of more than 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines through the COVAX facility. Filipino-American community leaders gather outside the White House in...
US President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed his "grave concern" Saturday over the flareup of violence in Israel and Gaza, the White House said. US President Joe Biden Nicholas Kamm / AFP Speaking on the sixth day of a paroxysm of...
United States President Joseph Biden has nominated Filipino-American Gina Ortiz Jones for undersecretary of the Air Force at the Department of Defense, the White House announced on Wednesday (Tuesday in Washington, D.C.) on the eve of the Biden administration’s first 100 days in office....
US President Joe Biden leaves his cart after a round of golf at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 17, 2021. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) President Joe Biden played golf for the first time in his presidency Saturday, hitting the fairways in his home city of Wilmington -- and...
U.S. President Joe Biden (right) and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan hold a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by POOL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Japan's prime minister...
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...
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden speak via telecommunication prior to a game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium on February 07, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFP Super Bowl champions the Tampa Bay...
American presidents have not been shy about their love of and respect for reading, writing, poetry, and literature. Thomas Jefferson said, "I cannot live without books." Jimmy Carter said, "Being president is as difficult as writing the perfect poem. And being president is as effortless as writing...
America’s first ever youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman delivered a self-penned poem at the swearing in of US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the youngest ever to perform at a presidential inaugural It says a lot when a nation makes room for its poets and poetry, for...
