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Duterte meets with chief US diplomat Pompeo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 11:22 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay on Thursday night. Read more »

Balangiga bell tolls in first Simbang Gabi after a century

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 10:37 AM

BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar - Hundreds of Catholics flocked to this central town's parish before dawn on Sunday as one of the 3 historic Balangiga bells tolled in its first Simbang Gabi in 117 years.   Read more »

8,000 US, Pinoy soldiers to join Balikatan exercises

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 03:32 PM

MANILA - Some 3,000 US soldiers will join 5,000 Filipino soldiers in the 34th Balikatan Exercise in the Philippines this week amid reports of heightened militarization of artificial islands in South China Sea.  Read more »

Philippines pledges cooperation with new US top diplomat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 08:07 AM

The Philippine government on Wednesday said it will continue to cooperate and collaborate with Washington after US President Donald Trump appointed a new Secretary of State.  Read more »

PH, US: Human rights, dignity of life 'essential'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 01:28 PM

The Philippines and the United States have declared that human rights and the dignity of human life are "essential" as both sides recognized the drug problem as a mutual concern.  Read more »

Duterte, Trump 'very much alike in thinking, language' - Roque

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 09:19 AM

Malacañang on Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte and United States President Donald Trump are “very much alike,” and are not likely to collide on human rights issues stemming from the Filipino leader’s controversial war on drugs. Read more »

White House confirms Trump-Duterte bilateral talks on Nov. 13

MIike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 05:33 PM

MANILA - Senior White House officials on Tuesday confirmed US President Donald Trump's scheduled bilateral meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during the American leader's visit to the country in November.  Read more »

US Secretary of State to visit Philippines

Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 09:19 AM

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia Aug. 5 to Aug. 9, the State Department said on Tuesday. Read more »

LOOK: Cayetano meets US envoy Kim

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 09:17 AM

 Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano met with Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim on Thursday in a sign of improving ties between Washington and Manila. Read more »

Trump bats for 'warm' ties with Duterte in call: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 10:37 AM

US President Donald Trump renewed his country's commitment to its alliance with Manila as he asserted his desire for a "warm" working relationship with President Rodrigo Duterte during a phone call on Saturday night, Malacañang said Sunday. Read more »

Trump, Duterte may meet in PH in November - official

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 06:37 PM

United States President Donald Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte may finally meet in November this year, a Malacanang official said. Read more »