The United States of America remains committed to its long-standing alliance with the Philippines in many areas including fight against terrorism despite recent calls of President Rodrigo Duterte for the withdrawal of US forces deployed in Mindanao, a US top official said on Tuesday, September 13.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- It’s been 11 years since the wind, rain and subsequent levee breaks associated with Hurricane Katrina deluged New Orleans.
Despite his assertive statements criticizing the United States and underscoring the country’s sovereignty, President Duterte on Tuesday, September 13, said his administration was not about to cut ties with close allies of the Philippines.
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s president was savaged on social media and in political circles following his joint press conference Wednesday, August 31, with Donald Trump, with many seeing a national humiliation in his welcoming of a man who has derided migrants as rapists and criminals.
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CHICAGO -- The beleaguered Jose Rizal Heritage Center got a break of sorts recently, thanks to the owners of the popular grocery chain Seafood City, which is opening its first store in the Midwest in September.
SAN FRANCISCO – A new report from a White House task force says cases of bullying targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are on the rise.
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We’re your brothers, not your foes. President Duterte on Monday, August 29, conveyed this message to Beijing as he reiterated that any bilateral talks between China and the Philippines on their contrasting territorial claims over the West Philippine Sea should be guided by the ruling of the international arbitral court.
Marciano Paynor is the new Philippine ambassador to the United States.
President Duterte on Wednesday, August 31, said he was ready to defend his take-no-prisoners war on drugs in a discussion of the human rights situation in the Philippines with US President Barack Obama in Laos next week.