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(Eagle News) — All types of sea vessels will not be allowed to pass by parts of Manila Bay from November 5 to 16. In a statement, Interior and Local Government officer in charge Catalino Cuy said no vessel will be allowed to pass by the waters of H2O Hotel, Manila to OKADA Hotel, New Seaside Drive in Parañaque City during that period. “Maximum maritime security is part of our safety preparations to ensure that the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said the dream of all Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders was for their country to have a “cohesive partnership” with all member-states of the bloc. “If the (European Union) can do it, why can’t we?” Duterte said when asked what would happen after the Philippines relinquishes chairmanship of ASEAN to Singapore at the end of the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits from November 10 to 14. He […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have held their largest-ever joint maritime rescue exercise, signalling a lull in South China Sea tensions. The drill on Tuesday simulated a collision between a Chinese passenger ship and a Cambodian cargo vessel off south China’s Guangdong province. It involved about 1,000 rescuers aboard 20 ships and three helicopters, according to reports in Chinese state media late Tuesday. China, Thailand, […]
By Shafiqul Alam Agence France Presse KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) — The Rohingya boys and girls shrieked with delight as the clowns juggled hoops and somersaulted, their red-nosed antics provoking a sound rarely heard in the world’s largest refugee camp — children’s laughter. The clowns have been providing much-needed levity in the crowded Bangladesh camps, where hundreds of thousands of traumatised Rohingya children spend long days in bleak and difficult conditions. Mohammad Noor lives with […]
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, chairperson of the 11th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and 4th ADMM-Plus, handed over on Tuesday the event’s chairmanship to Singapore. “Your Excellency Minister Ng Eng Hen, I have the honor to hand over the chairmanship of the ADMM and ADMM Plus to Singapore. I am confident that we will be able to sustain and further enhance our defense cooperation under your leadership. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Association of Southeast Asian Nations defense ministers launched on Tuesday, October 24, a direct communications infrastructure that will allow them to communicate rapidly and orderly in a secure hotline during emergencies. The launch was done at the 4th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) in Clark, Pampanga which aims to promote good response operation within the regional community. During the launch, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, current chairman of the ASEAN Defense […]
Defense Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and from ASEAN’s dialogue partners including United States Defense Secretary James Mattis, paid a courtesy call on President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, October 24. The President and the ministers discussed a wide range of issues from terrorism to illegal drugs. In his message during the meeting in Clark, Pampanga, the President expressed gratitude to the ministers for their participation in the 11th ASEAN Defense Ministers […]
COX’S BAZAAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) offers Rohingya children education opportunities in hundreds of schools set up within the refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district. With 37 children in each class, educators teach Burmese, English and maths in the hopes the pupils are able secure a bright future and earn a living, a UNICEF spokesperson said on Tuesday (October 24) Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions […]
(Agence France Presse) — China and Southeast Asian nations may hold a joint naval exercise next year to help build trust, Singapore’s defense minister said Tuesday, following years of acrimony over rival claims in the South China Sea. Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan on Tuesday attended a security forum hosted by the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations and pushed for the maritime drill, according to Singapore’s Ng Eng Hen. “This idea was openly floated […]
https://youtu.be/tVz0J34EsSM Defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) on Monday, October 23, signed a joint declaration during the 11th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) in Clark, Pampanga reaffirming their common commitments and goals to promote defense cooperation “The joint declaration being signed embodies the collective sense of the ASEAN Defense Ministers on the Regional Security Environment. More importantly, it contains the ministers’ shared thrust and specific undertakings to address the security […]
https://youtu.be/Op0f2OSFvm4 Southeast Asian Defense Ministers and its dialogue partners, including the United States, continue the high-level security talks in Clark, Pampanga on Tuesday, October 24, focusing on security threats in the region. “With this, I am optimistic that we could broaden areas of cooperation to cover a wide array of defense and security issues, including terrorism and violent extremism, maritime security, cyber security, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and peacekeeping operations among others,” Sec. […]
(Eagle News) — All of the security agencies of the country are already on full alert for the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Summit next month, National Organizing Committee for ASEAN Ambassador Marciano Paynor said. Lead agencies include the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Presidential Security Group (PSG), which will handle the security of the state leaders. Twenty-one world leaders are expected […]
