00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will not visit the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders in Lima, Peru, according to Malacanang.
00:10Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez said that the President will not attend because he will give priority to some domestic concerns, including the response to the effects of the calamity.
00:21Meanwhile, the Philippines will be a witness to APEC's DTI Acting Secretary Maria Cristina Roque following her appointment as Special Envoy to the APEC Economic Leaders Week.
00:32The assistance will be provided by the leaders, ministers, and senior officials of the 21 members of the APEC to bring down the threat of terrorism and globalization.
00:42The APEC aims to provide strategic vision and directives for cooperation in the region in the coming years.
