The United States government is providing an additional PHP17.5 million to support ecosystem and community recovery as part of its overall response to Typhoon Odette in the country.
The Australian government has donated laptops installed with training software to help boost the skills of Filipino aviation security screeners in detecting prohibited items in air cargo.
Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said plans are now afoot to increase maritime patrols in the tri-border areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Filipino tourism players are ready to welcome more foreign tourists as the Philippines officially reopened its gates to all fully vaccinated leisure travelers on April 1, the Tourism Congress of the Philippines said.