Japan will work with the Philippines to strengthen cooperation in maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law amid complex crises facing the international community, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is looking forward to expanding the Philippines’ cooperation with Japan in key areas after talks with Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, Nov. 3.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed on Friday industrialist and fishing magnate Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. as the new Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The Marcos administration remains focused on its priority to reduce poverty incidence among Filipinos to nine percent by the time President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. steps down in 2028 through various strategies and whole-of-society approach, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on Thursday.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is wishing for a meaningful observance of this year’s All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, as he encouraged Filipinos to reflect on everyone’s purpose and to remember the courage that the saints and their dearly departed have shown for the people to be empowered in facing present challenges.
The government will do all it can to address vote buying as Filipinos choose their leaders in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said in advising the public to safeguard their right to choose deserving candidates.
