The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will work with the US government to see how its freeze order on foreign assistance will affect the Philippines, Malacañang said Saturday. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) issued the statement after the State Department froze funding for nearly all of its foreign aid,

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) would coordinate with the United States (US) government to assess the potential impact of President Donald Trump’s temporary suspension of foreign assistance, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Saturday.

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday to put a hold on such assistance for 90 days.

The U.S. State Department issued a "stop-work" order on Friday for all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according to a cable seen by Reuters, after President Donald Trump ordered a pause to review if aid allocation was aligned with his foreign policy.