(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday expressed the Philippines' desire to further strengthen its ties with the United States in a "very good, friendly and productive" call with US President-elect Donald Trump.

"I was able to schedule a phone call to President-elect Donald Trump. I was able to talk to him, and he remembered the Philippines," Marcos told reporters in Catanduanes.

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