US allots $1M assistance, signs info-sharing deal

(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday welcomed the additional $1 million in urgent humanitarian aid from the United States government for those affected by the recent typhoons as he met with visiting Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III in Malacañang.

Austin extended his “condolences, thoughts, and prayers to all those who’ve been disadvantaged by these six significant storms that have taken place in a very short period of time.”