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The White House said, the United States wants to further incentivize the people and government of Myanmar to pursue democratic reforms—-in introducing “re-calibrated sanctions” against the country. The U.S. plans to renew the bulk of its sanctions against Myanmar when they expire next week, but, White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said they will make some changes aimed at boosting investment and trade. The comments come after the United States eased some sanctions on Myanmar earlier […]
Philippine anti-poaching patrols have detained two Chinese and three Vietnamese fishing vessels along with more than three dozen crew members in the extreme north of the country. The arrests near tiny islands off the main island of Luzon came as a maritime dispute between Manila and Beijing simmers in the South China Sea. Coastguard and fisheries officials on Monday said that two Chinese fishing vessels that were fraudulently flying the Philippine flag were detained along […]
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the upcoming summit between russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will focus on setting new levels of bilateral ties and charting its future direction. The embassy of the Russian Federation in the Philippines said that Zakharova, in a media briefing in Moscow on May 12, stated that the event will sum up the results of cooperation between Russia and ASEAN over the past two […]
(Eagle News) — The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) asked the supreme court to nullify President Benigno S. Aquino III’s appointment of two associate justices to the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan. In a petition, the IBP said Aquino violated the constitution when he appointed former Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 9 presiding judge Geraldine Faith Econg and undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi of the Office of Special Concerns at the Office of the President to […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A Chinese Uighur accused of planting last year’s deadly Bangkok bomb on Tuesday claimed he was being mistreated in custody, shouting “I am human, I am human” as he struggled with guards on his way to a hearing. Bilal Mohammed, also known as Adem Karadag, and co-defendant Yusufu Mieraili are charged with key roles in the August 2015 bombing of the Erawan shrine in downtown Bangkok that killed 20 people — mainly […]
by Nick Perry SIDOARJO , Indonesia (AFP) — Harwati forces a smile as she guides visitors around a bubbling mud volcano in Indonesia, pausing as they snap selfies on the bleak wasteland she once called home. These disaster tourists are a lifeline for the single mother who lost everything when the earth beneath a paddyfield near her village opened up without warning ten years ago, sending pungent, steaming mud bursting out, unabated. The mudflow buried […]
SIBOLANGIT , Indonesia (AFP) — Fifteen students holidaying at a popular tourist spot in western Indonesia have been killed in a landslide, an official said Monday, with fears the death toll could rise. Heavy rain and flash flooding triggered a major landslide Sunday at a famous “two-coloured” waterfall at Sibolangit in the north of Sumatra island, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. Searchers had so far unearthed 15 bodies, Sutopo said late Monday. Two […]
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., topped the overseas absentee voting (OAV) for president and vice president in the May 9 elections. Data released by Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that Duterte had 313,346 votes followed by Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas with 41,263. For the vice presidential race, Marcos had the most votes with 176,669 followed by Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo with 89,935. The Comelec, sitting […]
JAKARTA, May 16 — About 50 participants representing 26 culture and arts organisations discussed cooperation opportunities to advance the culture sector of the ASEAN region at the ASEAN Culture and Arts Cooperation held on 12-13 May 2016 at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. “This is an important milestone for the culture sector in ASEAN as never before has ASEAN convened such a wide representation of stakeholders who work for the development of culture and arts in […]
QUEZON CITY, May 13 – Despite the increasing contribution of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly in terms of job generation and contribution to GDP in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, experts argue that they remain one of the region’s untapped resources. In a recent forum organized by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Department of Trade and Industry, Management Association of the Philippines, and […]
BANGKOK , Thailand (AFP) — Thailand’s Rangsit University said on Monday (May 9) it had blacklisted a group of students they discovered were using high-tech devices to cheat during entrance exams to study medicine. Suspicions were raised when university officials noticed some students were wearing glasses that were an unusual size. An investigation found that both smartwatches and cameras concealed in the spectacles were allegedly being used to cheat. Local media reported that two […]
(REUTERS) The presumptive winner of the Philippine election on Monday said that if he became president he would settle rows over the South China Sea with multilateral talks that would include allies the United States, Japan and Australia as well as claimant nations. Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking mayor of Davao City, said China should respect the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone granted to coastal states under international law and should team up with […]
