PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is off to China next year for a state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Office of the Press Secretary said Marcos accepted the invitation of his Chinese counterpart for a trip to China on January 3 to 5 or 6, 2023. "The Chinese...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—A Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea must be concluded as soon as possible. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the call on Friday during the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits here as he faced his fellow state...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged North Korea to comply with the United Nations (UN) security resolutions following its recent ballistic missile launches. During his intervention at the 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit Retreat,...
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...
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...
