House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been mighty impressed with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s "articulation of the Philippine position on various issues" so far in the ongoing 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits in Cambodia. President...
A measure seeking the regulation of the local natural gas industry--one of the priorities of the current administration--has moved forward in the House of Representatives. Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco On Thursday, Nov. 10, the House Committee on Energy chaired by Marinduque lone...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—It is the world’s “collective responsibility” to address climate change as developing countries, such as the Philippines, are more vulnerable to its effects, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told his fellow state leaders here. During his intervention speech at the 40th...
Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue's upcoming visit to the Philippines will "go a long way to foster and enhance the long-standing relationship and partnership" between the two nations. Flags of the Philippines (left) and Vietnam. (Unsplash) Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez,...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged his fellow leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to assert their centrality and unite against challenges, including dynamic tensions, being faced by the regional bloc. In his intervention speeches at the...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—​"​Patience​"​ is the key to deal with the deepening crisis in the military junta-ruled Myanmar. That was what President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed during their bilateral talk here on Thursday at the...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not have the chance to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and take up with him the South China Sea issue at the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits here. Marcos, who said he would mention...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has accepted the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart to visit Vietnam, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. During Marcos' bilateral talk with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the sidelines of the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has asked the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman to study the possibility of removing the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) component of public utilities, especially electricity. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda This was revealed by the committee...
A resilient, peaceful, and progressive regional community. Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (right) gives House Speaker Martin Romualdez a token of appreciation during a break in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) meeting at the...
The Philippine economy's 7.6 percent growth in the third quarter of the year shows that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s "silent efforts" in uplifting the pandemic-ravaged economy has begun to pay off. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left) looks over at President Ferdinand...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—The Philippines wants to establish at least one million units of low-cost housing every year, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday. While it is "ambitious," Marcos said the government "will try very, very hard" to make it happen. At the sidelines of the...
