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Sinaksihan nina Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at bumibisitang Singaporean President Halimah Yacob ang walong kasunduan sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at Singapore sa kanilang isinagawang bilateral meeting sa Malacañang.

Kabilang dito ang mga Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) na may kaugnayan sa edukasyon, agrikultura, upgrading ng pagsasanay sa mga manggagawa, palitan ng kaalaman para sa infrastructure development, usapin sa tubig, cultural development, pagpapatupad ng public-private partnership projects at may kinalaman sa data protection.

Ang Singapore ay pang-limang pinakamalaking export market, pang-pitong top import supplier, ikalawang pinakamalaking international investor at ika-siyam na pinakamalaking tourism market.

Noong 2018, pumalo sa P21.18 billion ang investment pledges ng Singapore sa Pilipinas habang umabot din sa $10.49 billion ang halaga ng two-way trade ng dalawang bansa.

1.  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

• This Memorandum of Understanding provides for long-term collaboration, cooperation, and capability development of DepEd officials and the principles of teachers of DepEd high schools in STEM education.

2. MOU between the Department of Agriculture and Enterprise Singapore on Agricultural Cooperation and Related Activities.

3. 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 workforce.

4. MOU between the Development Bank of the Philippines and Infrastructure Asia Singapore on knowledge sharing to support infrastructure development.

5. MOU between Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and Public Utilities Board.

6. 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.

7.  MOU between Infrastructure Asia and Public-Private Partnership Center on assisting Philippine local implementing agencies with the development or implementation of PPP projects

8. MOU between the National Privacy Commission of the Republic of the Philippines and The Personal Data Protection Commission of the Republic of Singapore on Cooperation in Personal Data Protection.