President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. meets the Filipino community in Belgium on Dec. 13, 2022. (PH time) He was with First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno. (Malacañang Photo)1

This was how President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. called overseas Filipino workers in Europe when he met them in Brussels, Belgium as he thanked them for their dedication.

“The Filipino community organizations here in Europe continue to maintain deep and growing friendships with people of different nations. Filipinos in this part of the world will continue to be highly regarded because of your jolly and high-spirited manner, your hard work, your dedication,” the President said in a speech during his meeting with the Filipino community on Monday night, Dec 12 (1 a.m., Dec. 13 Philippine time).

The President commended them of their contribution in that part of the world, particularly during the pandemic.1