On September 9, 2019, The Philippines and Singapore signed eight bilateral agreements on infrastructure development, water resource management, and microgrid technology for the cost-efficient supply of electricity to rural areas, education, and education cooperation in preparation for the fourth industrial revolution, among others.
“The economic ties between our two countries are strong and robust but President Duterte and I agreed that we can do even more together. There is room to further boost trade and investment flows,” Yacob said in her joint press conference statement.
“We talked about deepening our cooperation in defense and security, which includes strengthening defense dialogues and training exchanges between the military and special forces,” Duterte said.
The list of signed agreements between the Philippines and Singapore include:
■ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Education and Temasek Foundation International and Nanyang Polytechnic International Programme on Innovations and Teaching and Learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with Design Thinking
■ MOU between the Department of Agriculture and Enterprise Singapore on Agricultural Cooperation and Related Activities
■ MOU between Department of Trade and Industry of the Republic of the Philippines, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority of the Republic of the Philippines, and Skills Future Singapore Agency of the Republic of Singapore on cooperation on human capital development and rescaling and skills upgrading of the workforce.
■ MOU between the Development Bank of the Philippines and Infrastructure Asia Singapore on knowledge sharing to support infrastructure development
■ MOU between Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and Public Utilities Board
■ MOU between the National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Republic of the Philippines and Ministry of Culture, Community, and Youth of the Republic of Singapore on Cultural Cooperation
■ MOU between Infrastructure Asia and Public-Private Partnership Center on assisting Philippine local implementing agencies with the development or implementation of PPP projects.
