00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will not attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders Week in Lima, Peru, according to Malacanang.
00:10Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez said the President will not attend because he will give priority to some domestic concerns,
00:20including the response to the effects of calamity.
00:23Meanwhile, DTI Acting Secretary Maria Cristina Roque will be hosted by the Philippines in APEC,
00:30following her appointment as Special Envoy to the APEC Economic Leaders Week.
00:36The leaders, ministers, and senior officials of the 21 members of the APEC will lead the discussion and globalization.
00:48The APEC aims to provide strategic vision and directives for cooperation in the region in the coming years.