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...
Former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon on Friday, November 11, said closer scrutiny of the Marcos administration’s P9.3-billion intelligence and confidential funds (CIFs) is called for. Drilon, a former Justice secretary, emphasized that the continued use of the CIFs undermines transparency,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, November 11, called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. not to imitate the Duterte administration’s “over-borrowing” tendencies, saying the government should be wise in handling the public funds. “Wag sanang tularan ni President Marcos si...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Friday, November 11, welcomed President Marcos’ call for aggressive action to address the country’s short-term and long-term energy requirements. In a statement issued today, Tulfo thanked the Chief Executive for promptly responding to the pressing issue on energy, saying...
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...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez joined President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and other Philippine officials and businessmen during a roundtable meeting with Cambodia business leaders on Thursday, Nov. 10 President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Speaker Martin Romualdez, and other members of the...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval and Senator Imee Marcos led the distribution of financial aid to 1,000 residents "in crisis situation" at the Oreta Sports Complex on Thursday, Nov. 10. The beneficiaries of Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) include senior citizens, solo...
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...
