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GMA Network
2 days ago
- Business
- GMA Network
Marcos leaves for Osaka, Japan —Palace
Malacañang on Thursday said President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. has left Manila for Japan. Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro said Marcos left this past Thursday afternoon. The caretakers of the country will be Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Education Secretary Sonny Angara, and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III. Marcos will return this weekend, Castro said. The Presidential Communications Office earlier said Marcos would visit the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan and that he will also attend business meetings there. The World Expo 2025 was opened to the public on April 13. The Department of Tourism said over 40,000 people visited the Philippine Pavilion in just nine days. The World Expo will run until October 13, 2025. —AOL, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
25-05-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
Marcos arrives in Malaysia for ASEAN Summit
KUALA LUMPUR - President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Sunday arrived in Malaysia to participate in the 46th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. The plane carrying the President and his delegation landed at 5:41 p.m. at the Bunga Raya VIP Complex of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The country's caretakers while the President is away are Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin 'Boying' Remulla, and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III. Marcos is joined by First Lady Louise ''Liza'' Araneta-Marcos, Presidential Communications Secretary Jay Ruiz, Trade and Industry Secretary Christina Aldeguer-Roque, and Mindanao Development Authority head Tereso Magno. During the Summit, Marcos is expected to push for the country's sovereignty amid geopolitical tensions, the need for an ethical and responsible artificial intelligence, as well as the country's posture on US tariffs. —RF, GMA Integrated News
The Star
25-05-2025
- Business
- The Star
Marcos taps three Cabinet members as caretakers as he attends Asean meet
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named (from left) Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III as the country's caretakers while he attends the Asean summit in Malaysia from May 26 to 27. - File photos from Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau via PDI/ANN MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has assigned Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III as caretakers of the country during his trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the 2025 Asean summit. Marcos is set to meet the leaders present at the Asean summit from May 26 to 27. He departed for Malaysia at 1 p.m. on Sunday (May 25). In a message to reporters, Bersamin said the country's caretakers will be 'the same, ES (executive secretary, SOJ (secretary of justice), and SAR (secretary of agrarian reform),' while the chief executive is out of the country. Earlier, Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Dominic Xavier Imperial revealed that Marcos will also participate in the 16th Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area Summit, the 2nd Asean-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, and the Asean-GCC-China Summit. He added that the President will likewise join in nine leaders-level engagements, the plenary session and the retreat session of the 46th Asean Summit, three leaders' interface meetings with the parliamentarians with the Asean Business Advisory Council, and attend the signing ceremony of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Asean 2045. 'Now in all these engagements, the President will continue to uphold and promote Philippine interests in Asean, such as deepening security and stability in the region, economic cooperation, and broadening engagement with dialogue partners,' Imperial said. 'The summit is a mechanism for leaders to provide policy direction for Asean, build consensus on matters of mutual interest, and exchange views on key regional and international issues,' he added. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
GMA Network
25-05-2025
- Business
- GMA Network
Marcos cites need for ASEAN's proper consensus vs. US tariffs
KUALA LUMPUR - President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. on Sunday left for Malaysia to participate in the 46th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. Marcos highlighted the need for a proper response of the regional bloc as regards the new tariff schedule that is being imposed by the United States. 'And as I said, we have already made informal consultations with our fellow member-states, and their representatives with the chairman, (Malaysian Prime Minister) Anwar (Ibrahim), on this subject, as it is something that we have to discuss, and it's something that we have to respond to,' Marcos said in his departure speech. 'And considering the many different situations that the member states of ASEAN have concerning the trade, concerning trade and specifically the tariff schedule imposed by the United States, we must find a way to find consensus, amongst the disparity situations that the different member states are operating under,' he added. Marcos also vowed to continue to champion the country's advocacies in promoting an open and inclusive and rules based international order. 'And for the peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with international law, I will also highlight the Philippines commitment to the development of a common regional framework for ethical and responsible AI, or artificial intelligence aligned with ASEAN values,' Marcos said. The country's caretakers while the President is away are Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin 'Boying' Remulla, and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III. Marcos is joined by Presidential Communications Secretary Jay Ruiz, Trade and Industry Secretary Christina Aldeguer-Roque, and Mindanao Development Authority head Tereso Magno. —RF, GMA Integrated News
Filipino Times
24-04-2025
- Health
- Filipino Times
Bersamin, Remulla, Estrella named caretakers as Marcos leaves for Pope Francis funeral
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Thursday said he, along with Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III, will serve as caretakers while President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. is away. Marcos and First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos are set to leave Manila tonight to attend the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26 in Vatican City. World leaders from across the globe have confirmed their attendance to honor the late pontiff. The Vatican announced Pope Francis' death on Monday. He was 88 and had recently been hospitalized for complications from double pneumonia. According to Vatican physician Andrea Arcangeli, the Pope died due to a stroke and irreversible heart failure, as stated in the official death certificate. The funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, at 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) in St. Peter's Square.
