The alliance between the Philippines and the United States is “stronger than ever,” US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said, as she affirmed that Washington is proud to “stand shoulder-to-shoulder” with Manila toward a safe, free, and prosperous future. In her speech during...
United States Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson is unsurprised by plans to establish a mutual ammunition co-production factory in the former US Naval Base Subic Bay. In an interview on the sidelines of the US Independence Day celebration on Thursday, July 3, the envoy recalled the joint...
United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson has enjoined both Americans and Filipinos to remember the fallen war heroes by honoring and upholding the values they died for. In her remarks during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery on Sunday, May 25, Carlson...
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Stratton conducted a port visit on May 16 to 19 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan to participate in a series of activities with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to strengthen maritime partnership and bilateral relationship. The United States Coast Guard...
The Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF), or Fulbright Philippines, and Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (AFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday, May 14, to formalize a strategic partnership that will provide scholarship and training programs for Filipino students. (From...
A group of high-ranking Philippine government officials joined an aerial tour conducted by the United States Department of Defense over the South China Sea. (Photo courtesy of US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson) In a post made by US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson on X, she shared a photo...
ILOILO CITY – United States Ambassador MaryKay Carlson vowed stronger American ties in the province and city of Iloilo. UNITED States Ambassador MaryKay Carlson and Iloilo Gov. Arthur ‘Toto’ Defensor Jr. (Iloilo Capitol PIO) “There were discussions in areas of...
United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson announced that Philippine and other foreign officials can write their messages to the late former US president Jimmy Carter in a condolence book. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson signs the book of condolences for the...
United States Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson and the embassy staff put their creative hat on as they wished everyone a happy Christmas using an origami airplane. (Screenshot from United States Embassy in the Philippines video) “Our spirits are flying high (airplane emoticon)...
​China's embassy in Manila has said that it is firmly opposing and condemning United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson's supposed accusation that Beijing unlawfully used water cannons to attack Philippine vessels in Scarborough Shoal. The embassy alleged that Carlson...
​Fostering stable relationships between two countries—like that of the Philippines and the US—is one of the ways to counter turbulence in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world, Washington's envoy to Manila said Friday, Dec. 6. Speaking at the membership meeting of...
United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson on Monday, Nov. 11, led the celebration of the Veterans Day in Manila as she honored the former and current men and women in service. The US Embassy in Manila said Carlson paid tribute to American and Filipino military service members,...