A five-year project that will help the Philippines become a more climate-resilient country has been rolled out by the United States (US) government. (Photo from Department of Environment and Natural Resources) Under a P750-million Climate Resilient Cities project, the US Agency for International...
Thousands of Minasbate language supplementary reading materials were donated by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Department of Education (DepEd) in Masbate City to help the country in its bid to improve reading outcomes among Filipino learners. MINASBATE READING...
(File photo from DepEd) Recognizing that there are gaps that need to be filled in basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reiterated their commitment to further strengthen digital inclusion and gender equality. “We...
More than 200 researchers from Philippine public universities and natural resource managers were trained by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on how to properly track the changes in value and contribution of natural resources to the country's economy. ECOSYSTEM...
More than 500 television script writers and teacher-broadcasters will be trained under a recently-forged pact between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to create gender-fair and inclusive educational episodes for DepEd TV. (Photo...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, October 4, met with Heather Variava, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States Embassy in Manila, to talk about the two countries’ COVID-19 response and the US government’s commitment to the Philippines. Vice President Leni Robredo receives...
More than 300 industry leaders in the Philippines have joined a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-led virtual summit to tackle how Filipino youth can help businesses thrive amid the COVID-19 pandemic. United States Agency for International Development in the Philippines...
Cargo ship MV Iris Paoay has recently made history for becoming the first Philippine flag container vessel to sail nonstop between Manila and the United States in decades, a project expected to reduce shipping time and ease traders’ burdens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. United States Agency for...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. personally thanked United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power for the assistance of the US government and its private sector to the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro...
The United States government has donated 25 laptop computers and 479 tablets to the Department of Education (DepEd) as part of the US commitment to support early grade learning in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Philippines Office of...
The infrastructure planning capacity of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is expected to improve after some of its personnel completed a special training program conducted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). File photo (Photo courtesy of the DPWH)...
The United States government has turned over RT-PCR extraction kits equivalent to 3,000 tests to the Philippine Genome Center to help strengthen COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) testing and genomic surveillance capability in the country. In a virtual ceremony on Friday, Aug. 27, U.S. Agency for...
