Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega on Monday, Oct. 9, asserted that President Marcos has to go on four more foreign trips until the end of 2023 to represent the Philippines “at the highest level.” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy/MANILA...
President Marcos will return to the country from Singapore on Sunday, Sept. 17. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "He will be back on Sunday," Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cheloy Garafil told reporters in Manila on Thursday, Sept. 14....
President Marcos will fly to Singapore on his birthday, Sept. 13, to attend the Milken Institute's 10th Asian Conference. His trip to Singapore, which falls on his 66th birthday, came less than a week after his Indonesian trip for the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). According...
Malacañang has justified the increased spending on local and foreign travels of the President, stressing that the country will "immensely" benefit from these trips. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy) Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s overseas trips are one of the main drivers of the increasing employment rate in the country, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) ECOP...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s foreign trips have brought into the country some 75,000 jobs in the power and renewable energy sector, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said on Tuesday, Aug. 8. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy/MANILA...
The proposed P1.408-billion fund for the President's local and foreign trips is justified as the Philippines needs to actively promote foreign investments. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy) Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary...
The public must be "objective" in looking at President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s foreign trips as most of his trips "are really important," Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said Thursday. In fact, there were also other Philippine presidents who used to travel a...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, January 24 expressed hope that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. would find more time to priotize addressing the country’s domestic issues this year, 2023. Hontiveros made the suggestion as she weighs in on the President’s frequent trips abroad to...
P​resident Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday shrugged off criticisms of his successive foreign trips as he said it is a matter that could stand scrutiny. Reacting to those who are criticizing him for the cost of his numerous trips abroad, Marcos only said: "There will be...
After his eight foreign trips, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he will be reducing his trips abroad for the rest of the year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos arrive from Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21, 2023. (Noel Pabalate) He, however,...
Envoys and allies under the new administration believe that it is a must for a head of state to travel. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) And so, six months into the presidency, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has...
