November 2026

Congressional Gold Medals were posthumously awarded to Filipino WWWII veterans Edgar Escat Garoza, Fermin Libres Piezas, Rafael Ocampo Resus, Jr., Angel Galan Juanito, Luis Gutierrez, Gilbert Garduno, George Lawrence, and Basilio Alvarado Quinitio. This year, a medal was also posthumously awarded to American WWII veteran Robert Alexander Pearson, whose service in the Philippines earned him the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal among many others.

Embassy News

EIGHT FILIPINO AND ONE AMERICAN WWII VETERAN POSTHUMOUSLY CONFERRED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS

PRESS RELEASEWDC-67-2026 03 November 2026 Embassy Press and Information Section info@phembassy-us.org WASHINGTON, D.C. –

November 3, 2026

The Philippines Embassy in Washington, represented by Deputy Chief of Mission Felipe F. Carino III and Minister Hans Siriban, hosted a welcome reception for a Philippine delegation composed of officials from the Department of Transportation, the Luzon International Premier Airport Development Corporation, and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines on the occasion of their official visit upon the invitation of the United States Trade and Development Agency. The event was also supported by the Philippine Trade and Investment Office in Washington DC led by Mr. Benedict Uy. The Philippine delegation was accompanied by by Ms. Verinda Fike, Regional Director for the Indo Pacific of the USTDA. In the U.S., the USTDA introduced the delegation to US companies, as well as to technologies, solutions, and equipment to support airport safety, security, and civil aviation modernization.

Embassy News

PH EMBASSY HOSTS A RECEPTION FOR THE PH DELEGATION TO THE REVERSE TRADE MISSION ON AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY

PHOTO RELEASEWDC-279-2026 02 November 2026 Embassy Press and Information Section info@phembassy-us.org

November 2, 2026

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