US offers aid to PH typhoon victims: 'More than allies, we're family'

By Catherine S. Valente

Jul 30, 2024 3:44 pm

MANILA, Philippines — The United States (US) on Tuesday expressed sympathy and offered assistance to the Philippines following the massive flooding brought about by Typhoon Carina that submerged the whole metropolis and nearby provinces.

The commitment was made in a meeting between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Malacañang.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday renewed the Philippines’ commitment to strengthening its working relationship with the US in terms of the two nations’ alliance and issues in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the Indo-Pacific region. PCO Photo

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