PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is excited to try the street foods here. "I'm sure I'll try everything that I can kasi nga first time ko (It's my first time). I’ve never been to Phnom Penh. So yeah, I’m looking forward to that," he told reporters Wednesday night onboard...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has promised to bring up issues on the West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea with Chinese President Xi Jinping if he meets him here. Ahead of his participation at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits on Wednesday...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is flying to Cambodia on Wednesday, Nov.9, to attend the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summits, where he is expected to express concern on food and energy security, climate change, post-pandemic recovery and the South China Sea as well as...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be attending three international meetings before the year ends, making his schedule packed for the last two months of 2022. In November, Marcos will have two international engagements in Asia as he is set to participate in the Association of Southeast Nations...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will meet with his South Korean counterpart at the sidelines of the upcoming ASEAN Summit to discuss possible free-trade cooperation between the two countries, as well as boost ties in tourism, among other areas of cooperation. Department of Foreign Affairs...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo has met with his counterparts from other ASEAN countries in Indonesia to discuss political developments in Myanmar as well as to prepare for the upcoming ASEAN Summit in November. Manalo participated on Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Special...
Preparations for the upcoming first in-person ASEAN Summit since the onset of the pandemic are already underway as representatives from member states conduct meetings ahead of their state leaders’ visit to Cambodia. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court gave its final verdict Thursday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence imposed on the regime's last surviving leader. In this file photo taken on January 8, 2015 Cambodian and international journalists watch a...
A total of 50 Filipinos in Cambodia were rescued on Thursday, Sep. 8, after falling victim to illegal recruitment by online scamming and catfishing activity, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported. Citing a report from the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the DFA on Friday said the...
The Filipino spirit of bayanihan (community spirit) still prevails even abroad. A total of 52 Filipinos in Cambodia, including personnel of the Philippine Embassy there, recently gathered to assist Cambodian volunteers build homes for members of Svay Chek Thmey community in Sangkat Kork Rokar,...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The 55th ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings kicked off here on Wednesday, with a focus on post-Covid-19 pandemic recovery and key regional and global challenges. Cambodia is the chair of ASEAN for 2022, which...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo has tested positive for Covid-19, and thus will not be able to attend his first ever ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) as the department's chief in Cambodia this week. DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo (Photo courtesy of Permanent Mission...
