The United States Embassy in Manila has called out China’s military for shadowing a Philippine Navy vessel near Scarborough Shoal, labeling its actions as “detrimental to regional peace”.
US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson said Washington DC will continue to work with allies, referring to the Philippines, in protecting natural resources.
The United States Embassy in Manila on Friday announced that the visit of the US congressional delegation to Manila led by US. Senator Ed J. Markey (D-Mass.) was aimed to “deepen our relations” with the Philippines.
American who have passports that will expire or already expired this year can leave the country, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente said.
There will be no change in visa processing with consular services continuing, as usual, the United States embassy in Manila said on Friday as it clarified that only an office attached to it will shut down, not the chancery itself.
BATAC CITY — An official of the United States Embassy in the Philippines said on Thursday that about $250 million worth of assistance is regularly given to the country in areas of security, military equipment, and exchange programs.
Malacanang is taking a more friendly tone with the United States government after it agreed to return the Balangiga bells to the Philippines after holding these as war booty for over a 100 years.
The United States Embassy to Manila on Tuesday announced that the US government would be allocating another $6.6 million in addition to their assistance worth $14 million to war-ravaged Marawi City.
The country’s slippage in the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) in fighting corruption and upholding the rule of law does not mean the Philippines is ineligible to receive grants, the United States Embassy in Manila on Saturday night said.
The United States Embassy in Manila on Sunday confirmed that the DNA sample taken from a body in Marawi City was verified as belonging to Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, the declared Islamic-State “emir” for Southeast Asia and one of the lead figures in the five-month-long Marawi siege.
