The United States has donated $5.5 million worth of training facilities for the Philippine Ciast Guard in Balagtas, Bulacan. “The Philippine Coast Guard is very thankful to the U.S. government, the U.S. Embassy for the support,” PCG spokesperson Commodore Armando A. Balilo said Thursday, Jan....
The South Korean Government has expressed its intention to pursue scholarship and exchange programs for the descendants of Korean war veterans in the Philippines. Minister Hwang Ki-Chul (right) and Philippine Ambassador to South Korea Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega during their meeting at the Philippine...
Japan has announced that it will provide P663-million disaster relief aid to the Philippines to help the survivors of typhoon Odette. General Luna in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte on Dec. 22 after it was devastated by typhoon "Odette" (Albert Lozada/Greenpeace) "Today, the Government of Japan...
More than 2.7 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recently donated by the United States (US) to the Philippines. **media Through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, US donated an additional 2,703,870 doses of the Pfizer vaccines...
The United States (US) and the Philippines recently concluded two separate sessions of tactical combat casualty care and medical first responder training in Palawan and Zambales, the US Embassy in the Philippines said Tuesday, Jan. 4. TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY DRILL-- The US Civil-Military Support...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. bared that three Philippine embassies have personnel who tested positive of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after an exposure among colleagues including an officer who "refuses vaccination." Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File...
The Philippine Embassy in Brussels, Belgium was temporarily closed after a personnel tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Belgium) In an advisory dated Dec. 30, the embassy announced its temporary closure until Friday, Jan. 7, 2022....
More than 100,000 bottles of drinking water intended for typhoon-hit communities in the country were donated by the Chinese government on Wednesday, Dec. 29. WATER FOR TYPHOON VICTIMS--The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines donated over 100,000 bottles of drinking water intended for typhoon-hit...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. thanked the United States for its additional P950-million donation to the Philippines as part of the ongoing relief operations in typhoon Odette-affected areas on Wednesday, Dec. 29. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and US Embassy in the Philippines...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss announced that his group is now "in discussion" with the Philippine government on how to provide a "long-term response" amid the ongoing relief operations after the devastation of typhoon Odette. HELP FOR SIARGAO--Israeli Ambassador to the...
The United States (US) will provide an additional P50-million aid to the Philippines for its ongoing relief operations to areas affected by the onslaught of typhoon Odette, the US Embassy in Manila bared. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) "The United States government, through...
While relief operations for Filipinos affected by typhoon Odette continue, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is encouraging the public to help either by donating or volunteering. (Photo courtesy of USAID) The international development agency said individuals, who want...