US experts are coming to the Philippines to assess the country's risk against hackers amid reports that many of the country's institutions are now compromised and that cyberspace is being used to sow division, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said Tuesday, August 22....
Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez on Tuesday, August 22, warned against efforts to conduct smear campaigns against various personalities, including those in the diplomatic community, to sow division among people through the use of cyberspace and other avenues. ...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden heads to Hawaii on Monday to view the widespread damage from recent Maui wildfires, meet with survivors and fend off criticism that his government was too slow to respond to the disaster. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will arrive nearly two weeks...
Ambassadors MaryKay Carlson of the United States (US) and Kazuhiko Koshikawa of Japan expressed their love for Filipino food by sampling local delicacies that have been dining table favorites for years. (Photo from US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson) The US envoy, who attended the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives apprehended a an alleged American military deserter along Roxas Boulevard in Manila recently, authorities said on Friday, August 11. Johnmark Katipunan Tandoc, a 32-year-old military specialist, had been sought by the United States Armed Forces for desertion....
US' efforts to capacitate Philippine troops in their naval operations as well as its supposed attempts to bring more nations supportive of Manila's claim over the West Philippine Sea "will lead nowhere," the Chinese Embassy in Manila said. The embassy's warning came as China also kept...
Defense chiefs of the Philippines and the US have talked by phone to discuss the recent water cannon attack perpetrated by the Chinese Coast Guard against Philippine personnel in the West Philippine Sea. A readout provided by the Pentagon said Philippine Department of National Defense...
WASHINGTON, United States of America - Much of the eastern United States was lashed by intense storms Monday, leaving at least two people dead, hundreds of thousands without power and thousands of flights canceled or delayed. Millions of people were under severe weather alerts, including tornado...
LOS ANGELES, United States of America - Three people were killed in California when their helicopter crashed into a hillside after colliding with another chopper as the team battled a wildfire, emergency officials said early Monday. The helicopters were dispatched to fight a fire that had erupted...
The United States State Department on Sunday, Aug. 6 (Manila time), criticized China’s latest “dangerous actions” in the contested South China Sea, and reiterated the US’ commitment to come to the Philippines’ defense in case of an armed attack against its military. Philippine and...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States of America -- An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled over and burst into flames Saturday in Washington's Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, killing four young people on board, the Kittitas County Sheriff's office said on Sunday. Officers received the 911 report of the...
Twenty startups offering sustainable solutions to environmental issues in Cagayan de Oro, Dumaguete, and Manila recently received support from the United States government. (Photo courtesy of US Embassy in the Philippines) The Philippines-based startups completed on July 21 the US Embassy’s Green...
