Tag: US embassy
State of women worsening under PNoy – Gabriela
MANILA (Mabuhay) — Militant women’s group Gabriela called President Aquino the “number 1 US puppet” and lamented that the state of women under his administration is getting worse. Around a dozen protesters held a picket at the Mendiola bridge in Manila as part of their series of activities for Women’s Month. Ian Arevallo, chairperson of [...]
PH Thanks Washington for Assistance to Typhoon Victims
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Philippine Embassy today expressed its appreciation to the United States for its prompt response in support of disaster relief efforts in typhoon-ravaged areas in Mindanao. “Our people are grateful for the assistance extended by the United States to help us respond to the aftermath of Typhoon Pablo in the Southern Philippines,” Ambassador Jose [...]
3 Filipinos in Louisiana Oil Platform Fire Still in Guarded Condition
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana—Three of four Filipinos who were seriously burned in the explosion and fire that struck the offshore oil platform they were working on in the Gulf of Mexico remain in guarded condition four days after the incident left one Filipino dead and another still missing. Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. made the disclosure [...]
“I Am Alive and in Good Health,” Filipino Injured in Louisiana Oil Rig Fire Wants Kin in PH to Know
WASHINGTON, D.C.—“To my relatives, to my family, and to my country, I am alive and in good health. I am burned, but my heart and lungs are healthy.” This was what Wilberto Ilagan, one of four Filipino workers being treated for serious burns they sustained in last Friday’s oil platform explosion and fire in the [...]
PH Envoy Now in Louisiana to Attend to Oil Rig Victims
NEW ORLEANS—Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. arrived here this morning to personally look into the condition of four Filipino contract workers who are being treated for the serious burns they sustained in Friday’s oil platform fire off the coast of Louisiana that also left one Filipino dead and another missing. Ambassador Cuisia joined three other [...]
Bayanihan Dazzles Audience in Special DC Performance
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Just hours after going on stage in New York, the Bayanihan, the national dance company of the Philippines, was in Washington D.C. where it kicked off a series of performances with a special show for a group of American diplomats, servicemen and high school students on Friday. The Philippine Embassy said the Bayanihan rendered [...]
‘Sex strike’ for peace in Philippine village – UNHCR
MANILA, September 16, 2011 (AFP) – Women in the southern Philippines brought peace to their strife-torn village by threatening to withhold sex if their men kept fighting, the UN refugee agency reported Friday. The “sex strike†in rural Dado village on the often lawless southern island of Mindanao in July helped end tensions and bring [...]
