Heather Variava, a former journalist and seasoned diplomat, is now the new Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) ad interim at the United States Embassy in the Philippines. A CDA is an Embassy’s official representative in the absence of an Ambassador, representing the President of the United States in the...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday, Sept. 16 called on Filipinos to recall the bravery exhibited by the 12 members of the Senate who voted no to the retention of the United States (US) bases in the Philippines in 1991. Pangilinan said he believes this bravery can be replicated by the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has admitted to being in New York in the United States (US) to seek election to what he described as a "non-full time job" that "has no salary". Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque and the American flag (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN, Unsplash) "Narito po tayo...
The Philippines and the United States affirmed their commitment to strengthen diplomatic and defense alliance as they marked the 75 years of diplomatic relations and 70 years of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) this year, the Philippine Embassy in Washington said. United States Secretary of State...
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...
Malacañang has underscored the importance of keeping the financially beleaguered Philippine Airlines (PAL) "in the air" amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from PAL Facebook page) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a virtual press briefing Monday, Sept. 6 that the...
China’s action to impose reporting requirements for ships going through what it claims to be its territorial waters, including in the South China Sea, is “very concerning” and could trigger “instability and potential conflict” if implemented, a ranking United States Coast Guard official...
A Philippine-based climate justice advocacy group on Friday urged the governments of the United States, China and Japan to immediately end public and private funding for overseas coal projects and other fossil fuels. Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) The US, Japan, and China...
The United States has delivered an additional 188,370 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 2, as part of its worldwide effort to help the country in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. US Embassy officials join Philippine government officials in...
The United States Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755), together with its counterparts from the Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), have concluded bilateral operations and security exercises in the West Philippine Sea. Munro, a 418-foot national security...
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...
