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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte poses for a selfie with Manila City Mayor Francisco Domagoso, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go and Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año during the closing ceremony of the National Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Summit and the 1st Presidential Silent Drill Competition at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on December 20, 2019
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte strikes his signature pose with Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Noel Clement, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año and Manila City Mayor Francisco Domagoso during the National Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Summit and the 1st Presidential Silent Drill Competition at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on December 20, 2019. REY BANIQUET/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. held his first phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to extend his congratulations and reaffirm the strong and growing ties between the Philippines and Canada.

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.