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China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near which a US warship sailed last year to challenge China’s territorial claims. China’s transport ministry held a “completion ceremony”, marking the start of operations at the 55-meter (180-ft) high lighthouse on Subi reef, where construction began in October, according to state news agency Xinhua. Subi reef is where the US guided missile destroyer USS Lassen sailed within […]
Eagle News — Malaysia has proposed the establishment of an ASEAN News Agency comprising media groups from across the region. Malaysia’s communication and Multimedia Minister Salleh Sa-Id Keruak, suggested the move in his opening address at the first-ever ASEAN Editors Summit Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur. Salleh said, with ASEAN members continuing to face sensitive cross-border issues related to security and national sovereignty, problems should be reported on a cordial and transparent manner so that […]
by Marion Thibaut NONTHABURI, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand has long served as one of the globe’s main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations. Laddawan Kamsong has spent the past forty years coaxing rice from her plot in central Thailand, but she is tired of watching her farmland squeezed dry by increasingly […]
Internationally recognized Wealth Coach Jt Foxx is in Manila to share breakthrough marketing and branding concepts to Philippine businesses. In a talk at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foxx analyzed and shared the marketing campaigns of the world’s greatest brands including Google, Apple, Amazon, Starbucks and Coca-Cola to a number of businessmen and entrepreneurs. Foxx provided strategies to out-think and out-market competition and be ahead in identifying consumers’ preferences. Jt Foxx shares his ideas of branding […]
The US navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the south china sea early this month, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, the third in series of challenges that have drawn sharps rebukes from China. The United States has conducted what it calls “freedom of navigation” exercises in recent months, sailing near disputed islands to underscore its right to navigate the seas. US navy officials have said they plan […]
The secretariats of ASEAN and the United Nations (UN) reaffirmed their commitment towards strengthening cooperation to help build a more peaceful and prosperous society, at a recent meeting in Jakarta. The Vietnam News Agency reports that during the 7th secretariat-to-secretariat meeting in Jakarta, the two sides agreed that cooperation to promote regional and international peace and security is a key feature of the ASEAN-United Nations comprehensive partnership. And this included the UN’s contribution to activities […]
About 1,600 cute paper-made panda sculptures are on display at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, attracting large crowds of visitors from all around the world. “1600 pandas +”, a papier-mâché artwork created by French artist Paulo Grangeon for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) came to Thailand in early march as part of its world exhibition tour which began in 2008 with an aim of raising awareness of panda conservation as well as sustainable development. […]
ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh says, ASEAN member states implement key policies and programs consistent with the ASEAN post 2015 Health Development Agenda (2016 – 2020), raising awareness on nutrition security in ASEAN. The successful completion and launching of the regional report on Nutrition Security Volume 2 further expanded the first volume to include evidence-based nutrition actions that tackle malnutrition. The regional report on Nutrition Security Volume 2 provides a number of recommendations that […]
ANOTHER Filipino boxer, Charly Suarez, has earned ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after beating Chinese bet Jun Shan in the ongoing Aiba Asian/Oceanian Olympic qualifying tournament in Qian’an, Hebei province, China. Suarez shattered the nose of Shan in the first round and forced his retirement before the start of the third in the lightweight division to join light flyweight Rogen Ladon in the gold medal bout and the plane bound […]
Persons with disabilities or PWD’s are now exempt from paying value added tax on certain goods and commodities after President Benigno S. Aquino III signed into law a bill that exempts people with disability from paying the 12-percent vat. The said bill, authored by Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez, will put PWD’s on equal footing with senior citizens who are already exempted from vat payment on top of their 20-percent discount. The bill was ratified in […]
Liberal party standard bearer Mar Roxas distanced himself from the creators of the comic book that depicted him as a hero during the onslaught of typhoon Yolanda. Roxas, however, stand firm that the contents of the comics were accurate. The comic book titled “Sa Gitna Ng Unos” was distributed during an LP sortie in Cavite last Sunday. It was allegedly produced by the supporters of Roxas, as a response to critics who claimed that Roxas, […]
Oscar-winning actor Leonardo Dicaprio has visited the Indonesian jungle to help protect a biodiverse area from deforestation. Dicaprio spent the weekend in the Leuser ecosystem, on Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra. The actor, an ardent supporter of environmental causes, was pictured accompanied by local environmentalists and flanked by two critically endangered Sumatran elephants. The elephants are among a dizzying array of rare animals that live in Leuser’s dense rain-forests. Dicaprio said on his Instagram […]
