ASEAN IN FOCUS

Giant python found on Malaysian building site

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- A quarter-tonne snake that was found nestling on a building site could be the…

World Bank: Philippines and Vietnam have strongest growth prospects in ASEAN countries

Growth in developing East Asia and pacific has remained resilient and is expected to ease only modestly during 2016-18, according…

Indonesian capital launches fresh crackdown on child exploitation

(Reuters) -- Authorities in the sprawling Indonesian capital are cracking down on child exploitation after a raft of cases ranging…

Senate probes Kidapawan clash

Senators began their own investigation as to what really happened during the bloody dispersal operation of 5,000 farmers who barricaded…

Magnitude 6 quake shakes Indonesia

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island of java late Wednesday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was…

Vietnam gets new PM with tough task and big shoes to fill

The country's parliament approved a new prime minister, after a 10-year reign of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Former bureaucrat…

OFW-Singapore ‘Bayanihan Walk 2016’

The Philippine Bayanihan Center held the second annual “Bayanihan Walk” ---- a fun run that will benefit OFW-Singapore Kababayan and…

Madrid Fusion Manila 2016 organizers meet President Aquino in courtesy call

Organizers and participating chefs for the Madrid Fusion Manila 2016 paid a courtesy call on President Benigno S. Aquino III…

China unveils new South China Sea lighthouse on Subi reef

China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near which a…

‘ASEAN News Agency’ proposed

Eagle News -- Malaysia has proposed the establishment of an ASEAN News Agency comprising media groups from across the region.…

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