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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is planning to visit the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) headquarters in the state of Hawaii this month, reported Japan’s Nikkei Asia.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho hopes to attract Philippine investments to agro-aquatic product processing, and organic and hi-tech agriculture, and its industrial parks, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thuc Hien told Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre on November 3.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on October 25 raised the alert level over Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon province, southeast of Manila, after recording 121 volcanic earthquakes since October 14.

Canada recently a pilot programme called “CAN Work Philippines” to issue work permits to people from the Philippines to work in the country.

Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has ordered all military and department personnel to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) apps to create personal portraits online due to concerns about security breaches.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has issued a warning and advised its clients to be cautious and safeguard their personal data to avoid the risk of data breaches by hackers.

The Philippines has placed 42 airports on heightened alert and was seeking to verify warnings that bombs could be set off on commercial planes, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said on October 6.

The Philippines, the UK, Canada, Japan and the US formally opened their annual bilateral navy-to-navy drills called “Exercise SAMASAMA” on October 2.

The World Bank has approved 600 million USD in financing for the Philippines to support reforms aimed at increasing digitalisation.

Vessel SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre in Da Nang on September 29 safely brought ashore a Philippine crew member who met with an accident at sea.

The Philippines is considering options other than a price ceiling to tackle high rice prices, the country’s National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on September 13 announced that it has approved a 303 million USD loan to reduce flood and climate risks and protect people and livelihoods in three major river basins in the Philippines.

The Philippines has imposed ceilings on rice prices across the country amid an “alarming” increase in retail costs of the staple grain and reports of hoarding by traders.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly met Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his Manila counterpart Enrique Manalo on August 29 to discuss maritime security, trade and the environment, during his visit to the Southeast Asian country.