President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Saturday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping both agreed that the present challenges in the West Philippine Sea should not be the sum of the two countries’ relationship as they met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., amid his attendance at the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit and other related activities in San Francisco, California, is monitoring and being apprised of the situation in the Philippines, after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook Davao Occidental province on Friday afternoon.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. spelled out the measures to address the high cost of green technology as the world transitions from fossil fuel use to renewables to avert climate crisis.
The civil nuclear cooperation signed between the Philippines and the United States on Friday, Nov. 17, will provide benefit not only to power generation and supply but also to agriculture, health and water management, to name a few, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla said.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. participated in the 2nd Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Leaders’ Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 16, joining other world leaders in vowing to implement measures that prevent supply chain disruptions, promote green energy, and combat corruption.
Dubbed as the fastest agreement signed on nuclear energy, the Philippines and the United States inked on Thursday (San Francisco time) an “Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy”, or the so-called 123 Agreement.