MEDIA CONFERENCE. Press Briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez (left) presides over the Malacañang Palace briefing in Manila on Tuesday (Feb. 27, 2024) with Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu (center) and spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza. They said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s official trips, like his engagements in Australia on Feb. 28 and 29 and March 4 to 6, cement strategic partnerships and shared interests, especially in the economic and peace aspects. (PNA photo by Joan Bondoc)