![]() Palau, incidentally, celebrates its Independence Day on October 1 - the second day of the Grand Prix. Will be sharing more details on this at a later time.”Īccording to Minister Tan, aside from Marcos, he met Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., head of state to a nation of over 18,000 people. ![]() “It was fulfilling to have been invited alongside several dignitaries and to have met new business friends who showed that they are ready and willing to invest in the Philippines. Marcos posted of Instagram: “They say that playing golf is the best way to drum up business, but I say it’s Formula 1. In the IG post, the President likened his watching F1 night races in the city-state to businessmen talking about business possibilities while playing a round of golf. Right now, if you look at the political landscape of Southeast Asia, President stands as the South leader for Southeast Asia, so you cannot avoid inviting him to an event where all other leaders of Southeast Asia were invited,” he told reporters on Monday.Īt around 8:30 pm, Monday, Marcos talked about his Singapore sojourn in his Instagram account. “I think it so happened it was an event for them to get-together and socialize. House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe said he was not privy to exact details of the trip, when asked why the Marcos administration seemingly kept it secret, but noted the Singaporean government invited Southeast Asian leaders to the event. But unlike that visit, the late-September trip was not made public, through Palace media, Angeles’ social media pages, or Marcos’ official social media accounts. Marcos flew to Singapore in early September for his second state visit as president. The Press Chief did not say what sort of trip the weekend Singapore sojourn was - whether it was a working or official visit – but she said Marcos “strengthened earlier talks from his last state visit.” The 2022 edition was the first one held since the COVID-19 pandemic started.Īngeles attached to her post a screenshot of a post made by Singapore’s Minister of Manpower, Tan See Leng. The post came days after Palace media, through official channels, asked for confirmation on reports that Marcos would be flying to Singapore to watch the Grand Prix, a motor racing event that’s part of the 2022 F1 season. (President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.’s visit to Singapore was productive.) “Naging produktibo ang pagdalaw sa Singapore ni Pangulong Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.,” said Angeles in a Facebook post made early morning Monday. was in the city-state to watch Formula 1 racing. MANILA, Philippines – It took days of refusing to confirm or deny if the President was flying to Singapore to watch the Grand Prix, but in the wee hours of the morning on Monday, October 3, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles confirmed what several media outfits and the internet already knew: that Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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