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NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has taken his call to action against the global drug problem to the chambers of the United Nations on Monday. About 129 countries at the UN signed on to a US...

by Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News In another expletive-laden speech, President Duterte on Thursday slammed critics who warned that the Philippines can face sanctions from the United Nations over the administration’s bloody war on drugs. During the relaunch...

Philippine foreign affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time over the weekend. He asked the international community to give president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs the benefit of...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s common-law wife, Honeylet Avancena, was seen in New York City amid the annual convention of the United Nations General Assembly. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs says Avancena is not part of...

NEW YORK CITY —“The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket man is...

NEW YORK — As Filipinos celebrate Philippine Independence Day around the world, members of the US Pinoys for Good Governance are back on the streets of the United Nations in New York City — demanding Philippine...

NEW YORK — Just a day after the London terror attacks, the New York City Police Department stepped up security precautions for the 119th Philippine Independence Day Parade on Sunday. “Just take a look around you; every...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with ASEAN leaders in Washington DC yesterday, including representatives from the Philippines, but the meeting has some kababayans wondering if right now is a bad time to strengthen relations between the two...

by Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News, New York     NEW YORK– In less than a month, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is leaving his post, after serving for a decade as the world’s top diplomat. He will...

  By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau   NEW YORK – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon honored rock icon Steven Tyler with the 2016 Humanitarian Award at the United Nations Ambassador’s Ball in New York City....