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The Exercise Balikatan will center on four major drills: command post exercise, cyber defense exercise, field training exercise, and humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) activities.
US CDC IN MANILA. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Philippines Country Director Dr. Romel Lacson (left) receives the memorandum of understanding from Dr. Anjo Fabellon of the Department of Health-Bureau of International Health Cooperation.The US CDCofficially opened this month a new country office in Manila as part of its commitment to strengthen and expand its existing cooperation with the DOH to advance a broad range of shared health priorities, including increased health security in Asia. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in Manila) MANILA - The US Centers for Disease Control a...
(PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, Gen. Andres Centino said this year's "Balikatan" exercises served as an opportunity for Manila to showcase and test the capabilities of military assets that it has acquired and developed in the past few years. Speaking at the closing ceremony of this year's exercises on Friday, Centino said these include the new air assets of the AFP like the S-70i Black Hawk and the AgustaWestland helicopters, the FA-50 jet fighters, the "Super Tucano" attack aircraft, and naval assets including the new...
MANILA - The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has so far allocated PHP1 billion worth of humanitarian assistance to communities affected by last month's Typhoon Odette. The assistance was coursed through USAID's food aid, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. Among those distributed were 129,400 family food packs from the Department of Social Welfare to Caraga, Central Visayas, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas, and other parts of Luzon through 113 transport trucks with four mobile operations vehicles. In partnership with the World F...
MANILA - The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has so far allocated PHP1 billion worth of humanitarian assistance to communities affected by last month's Typhoon Odette. The assistance was coursed through USAID's food aid, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. Among those distributed were 129,400 family food packs from the Department of Social Welfare to Caraga, Central Visayas, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas, and other parts of Luzon through 113 transport trucks with four mobile operations vehicles. In partnership with the World F...