Senator Risa Hontiveros urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. not to follow his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, by aggressively borrowing more than what the country can afford to pay.
The Philippine government balked at borrowing money from China for the construction of the Mindanao Railway project due to the three percent interest charged by Beijing, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said.
Senator Risa Hontiveros has thrown her support to calls for the realignment of government funds for the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP)’s maintenance to economic programs, saying there are lingering concerns over nuclear energy’s safety.
The Philippines’ failure to maximize productivity in the agriculture sector has resulted in widespread poverty among Filipinos despite the country’s richness in natural resources, former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Cielito Habito said.
Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN gained a surprise new member from the other side of the world Saturday — at least for an instant, courtesy of a verbal slip by US President Joe Biden.
The Japanese government will propose a new law to prevent harmfully large donations to religious groups, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday, after Shinzo Abe’s assassination heightened scrutiny of the Unification Church.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. welcomed the launch of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States to further strengthen trade, security, peace, and economic cooperation.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday called for stronger collaboration to combat transnational crimes and improve access to affordable medicines and vaccines during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Meetings with Australia and India in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang have pledged to further improve the relations between the Philippines and China, Malacañang said on Saturday.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to further bolster their countries’ bilateral ties.
