{"id":90948,"date":"2017-02-23T22:15:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T03:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90948"},"modified":"2017-02-23T22:15:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T03:15:58","slug":"palace-details-php277-m-expense-for-dutertes-2016-foreign-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/23\/palace-details-php277-m-expense-for-dutertes-2016-foreign-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace details PHP277-M expense for Duterte\u2019s 2016 foreign trips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday gave a breakdown on the government’s PHP277.386-million expenditure for President Rodrigo Duterte’s 12 foreign trips last year. (Photo: Rody Duterte\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday gave a breakdown on the government’s PHP277.386-million expenditure for President Rodrigo Duterte’s 12 foreign trips last year.<\/p>\n

The breakdown of the expenses for the President’s trips was provided by Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella during a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Abella said that for President Duterte\u2019s ASEAN Summit working visit to Brunei Darussalam, Laos People’s Democratic Republic and Indonesia on Sept. 5-9, 2016, the government spent PHP29.876 million.<\/p>\n

For the Sept. 28-29 official working visit to Vietnam — PHP 14.082 million.<\/p>\n

The state visit to Brunei Darussalam and People’s Republic of China on Sept. 16-21, 2016 — PHP 45.266 million.<\/p>\n

Japan official visit on Oct. 25-27, 2016 — PHP 28.305 million.<\/p>\n

The official visit to Thailand and Malaysia last November 9-10 — PHP 23.721 million.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, for the APEC meeting in Peru including a layover in New Zealand made November 17-23 the expense was pegged at PHP86.558 million.<\/p>\n

And for the Dec. 13-16, 2016 Cambodia and Singapore state visits — PHP4.9.578 million.<\/p>\n

Earlier Tuesday, Abella told Palace reporters that the government spent around PHP277 million for President Duterte\u2019s foreign travels but did not provide a breakdown.<\/p>\n

“We’re glad to report the windfall of President Duterte’s official foreign visits last year. The President made a total of seven foreign trips, visiting a total of 12 countries since he took office. These visits incurred a total of about PHP277 million in expenses, which included airfare, charter lease and others,” Abella said.<\/p>\n

He said these official trips are part of the President’s obligation to maintain and strengthen diplomatic ties with neighboring countries.<\/p>\n

He added that Duterte has clinched numerous economic investments and commitments amounting to billions of pesos that would generate thousands of jobs in the following years during those visits.<\/p>\n

“The visit to China, however, resulted in more than 20 agreements with an estimated total value of USD4 billion and will generate over a 100,000 jobs,” Abella said.<\/p>\n

The agreements include a 50 million Renminbi grant for drug rehabilitation facilities and another 50 million Renminbi million grant for law enforcement-related equipment.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he said that the trip to Japan yielded about USD1.85 billion worth of investment commitments that would generate about 250,000 jobs in the next few years.<\/p>\n

“There were also about five government-to-government agreements signed, including the exchange of note and agreements up to USD184 million,” Abella said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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