With protectionism on the rise, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has committed to uphold free trade and multilateralism in the region. During the APEC Ministerial Meeting held in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 14, representatives from the 21 member-economies of the non-binding group pledged to...
Regional growth across the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) would slow down next year and beyond amid intensified global challenges. Citing its latest APEC Regional Trends Analysis report published this month, the non-binding group whose top leaders are currently...
President Marcos will not attend the 2024 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Peru next week because he wants to prioritize the government’s response to recent calamities, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Thursday, Nov. 7. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong'...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has dismissed the P78.956 million payment claimed by Adlib International Sales, Inc. (AISI) from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)-Procurement Service and the Presidential Security Group (PSG) for the supply and delivery of two mobile X-ray units in 2015....
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) President Marcos deserves kudos for personally taking up the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Many world leaders wanted to talk to President Marcos when he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in the US, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said Tuesday, Nov. 21. Romualdez described Marcos' participation in the gathering of economic leaders as...
ASEAN Business Advisory Council (BAC) Philippines chairperson Joey Concepcion warned about the threats and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in the country’s business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, and pushed for upscaling Filipino workers’ skills to keep their jobs. Joey...
President Marcos has returned to the country after his weeklong visit to the United States, which, he said, was productive. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) The plane carrying Marcos and the entire Philippine delegation landed at the Villamor Airbase at 9:44 p.m. Monday....
Tempered by experience over the past year and a half, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. participation in the 30th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco demonstrated a keener appreciation of the nuances of top-level diplomacy. Although it was a brief conversation...
President Marcos believes he does not need to forgive anybody for what happened to his family in 1986 as he never blamed anybody for his father's ouster that led to their exile to Hawaii. Bongbong Marcos/Instagram Marcos said this as he is set to return to Hawaii before his scheduled return to the...
President Marcos said he would find other ways to meet American tech leader Elon Musk after their meeting did not push through due to the latter supposedly getting sick. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and SpaceX chairman and CEO Elon Musk (file photos) Marcos said this as he ended his...
While the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) continues to drive global economic growth, President Marcos underscored the need for the regional bloc to accelerate efforts to produce jobs and thereby address poverty and inequality in the region. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the "123...
