Credit to Author: Bernadette Tamayo| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:20:40 +0000
The US Embassy in Manila on Tuesday said the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States will have “significant” implications. “This is a serious step with significant implications for the US-Philippines alliance. We will carefully consider how best to move forward to advance our shared interests,” the embassy […]
Read moreCredit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 08:15:59 +0000
THE US and France, through their embassies, have warned their citizens in Mindanao to take extra precaution following the series of earthquakes that struck parts of the Philippines’ southern region. “US citizens in the area please contact your family/friends,” the US embassy in Manila tweeted on October 31. Ambassador Sung Kim, on October 30, tweeted, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:56:57 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Embassy of the United States in the Philippines and its affiliated offices will be closed to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 21 in observance of Ninoy Aquino Day. The Embassy said Friday it would resume its regular services on Thursday, Aug. 22. Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:20:12 +0000
Environment organizations have received some P20-million grant to help advance efforts in reducing plastic pollution in Philippine oceans.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:35:45 +0000
Different militant groups staged demonstrations along T.M. Kalaw Avenue in Manila to protest what they claimed as a “fake” Independence Day.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:48:35 +0000
THE US embassy in the Philippines on Thursday clarified that the its Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would close its Manila Field Office on July 5 due to “insufficient workload”…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 23:26:28 +0000
The US government ordered the evacuation of non-emergency staff from its Baghdad embassy Wednesday due to an “imminent” threat from Iranian-linked Iraqi militias, but President Donald Trump predicted that Iran would “soon” want to start talks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 23:19:08 +0000
Security staff at Moscow’s main airport confiscated a “mortar shell” from a US embassy staffer, in what was described as a “provocation.”.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:44:22 +0000
Police on Thursday arrested a group of progressive college students who tried to rush through the front gate of the US Embassy in Seoul in protest of Washington’s demand for a sharp increase in Seoul’s share of the upkeep costs for US troops stationed in the country.
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The US dedicated a new de-facto embassy in Taiwan on Tuesday in what officials described as an indicator of robust ties with the self-governing island democracy that China claims as its own territory.
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