PHILIPPINE STAR /KRIZ JOHN ROSALES

PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. flew to Brunei on Saturday night to attend the wedding of Prince Abdul Mateen and his fiancée, according to the presidential palace.

The President was invited by Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a statement at the weekend. He was set to come home on Sunday.

“The President’s attendance at the royal wedding reaffirms the strength of the bilateral ties between the Philippines and Brunei,” it added.

The palace said Mr. Abdul is the sixth in the line of succession to the throne. His fiancée Yang Mulia Dayang Anisha Rosnah Binti Adam is a businesswoman who owns a fashion brand and tourism company.

Diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Brunei, which is home to more than 22,000 overseas Filipino workers, started in 1984. — Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza

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