Envoy affirms flourishing PH-UK ties
BRITISH Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils highlighted the thriving relationship between the Philippines and the United Kingdom during her visit to Senate President Francis Escudero on Tuesday.
During their meeting, Beaufils noted the smooth UK-Philippines relations and emphasized that bilateral trade was at an all-time high.
Beaufils and Escudero discussed potential areas of cooperation in green infrastructure, renewable energy, defense, agriculture, and technology.
Senate President Francis Escudero welcomes Britan’s Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils.They also explored strategic communications support, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).
«There should be an AI shift in the country in the next three years. Otherwise, we will be left out,» Escudero said.
He shared insights from his 23 years in Congress, noting the absence of a comprehensive platform to track amendments to laws from their inception to the present.
Advertisement«We should take advantage of AI and digitization to improve the process for policymaking, research and education,» he said.
Escudero had earlier directed the Senate's Legislative Records and Archives Services to identify at least 100 significant laws, such as the Labor Code, National Integrated Protected Areas System Act, Intellectual Property Law, and Local Government Code, to develop an AI-backed tracking system.
This system will allow researchers to trace amendments through various Republic Acts to the latest version of the law.
Beaufils supported it, saying, «The UK will be happy to share knowledge on AI and find balance in its thoughtful use with the Senate or the government in general.»
AdvertisementThe discussion also touched on regional security, with the UK reaffirming its support for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2016 arbitral award.
