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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Philippine Rise Commemoration 2018
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is accorded with sideboy honors upon boarding BRP Davao del Sur as they sail towards the Philippine Rise for its commemoration on May 15, 2018. During the program, the President also signed the Presidential Proclamation declaring portions of the Philippine Rise and Eastern Kalayaan as Marine Protected Area and led the ceremonial send-off of the selected representatives of the 71 All-Filipino Maritime Researchers. ALBERT ALCAIN/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. warmly welcomed distinguished business leaders from across the region on Thursday who are in Manila to participate in the 14th Asian Business Summit (ABS).

Indigent families and other vulnerable sectors in Cavite are among the latest to benefit from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s initiative to make rice accessible to millions of Filipino families at an affordable price of PhP20 per kilo.

As a “force in its own right,” President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday paid tribute to the Philippine Air Force (PAF) for 78 years of unwavering service, calling it “credible, agile, and essential” to the country’s aerospace defense.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday encouraged more ordinary Filipinos to invest in the capital markets with the implementation of the Capital Markets Efficiency Promotion Act (CMEPA).

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has sworn in Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro as the new Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), succeeding outgoing chief Enrique Manalo, who is set to be named as the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York City.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday led the inauguration of a rice processing and palay drying facility in Nueva Ecija, valued at PhP63.9 million, to enhance farmers’ productivity, income, and competitiveness.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to turn the agriculture sector around to be more robust and pursue self-sufficiency, aiming to reduce the country's heavy reliance on food imports, particularly rice.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has sworn in Ariel F. Nepomuceno as the new Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the government agency tasked to intensify efforts to combat smuggling and illicit trade.

Naiturn-over na, sa pamumuno ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., ang 16 mobile soil laboratory (MSL) units na susuporta sa pagpapaganda ng ani sa Nueva Ecija, Apayao, Negros Occidental, Northern Samar, Maguindanao, at Sultan Kudarat. Sa Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, ibinahagi ni PBBM na magkakaroon ang bawat rehiyon ng MSL at iikot ang mga ito upang magabayan ang pagbibigay ng tulong-pansakahan. Dagdag ng Pangulo, layunin ng pamahalaan na magtatag ng permanent soil laboratories at ipagpatuloy ang iba pang suporta sa sektor upang mabawasan pa ang ating pagbili ng imported rice.