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Singapore has urged fellow ASEAN members to take “firm and decisive action” against the lethal haze still spreading across the region ahead of a group summit in Malaysia next month. The city-state, one of the most badly affected by recurring smog from land fires in Indonesia, issued the call after Singaporean troops and fire fighters returned from an international assistance mission in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that “ASEAN must […]
Ambassador Raul Hernandez and other ASEAN officials attended the event. The forum was held at the ASEAN Federation of Korean Industries (FDI) in South Korea’s capital city. In a press kit provided to ASEAN journalists, manila ranked eighth – ahead only of Vietnam and Myanmar – compared with other ASEAN member states in terms of overall quality of infrastructure. Singapore topped the list, followed by Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia and Cambodia. The source of […]
After spreading to Mindanao, the haze from Indonesia has further spread to the Visayas, and may even reach Metro Manila, if another storm hits the country. The state weather bureau, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the, “smaze” or combination of smoke and haze, was caused by equatorial winds enhanced by typhoon “Lando”, which battered the Philippines last week. PAGASA acting administrator Vicente Malano said that wind analysis using the Singapore-based haze information […]
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) say in a joint declaration on law enforcement cooperation that dialogue mechanisms will be established with other countries and international organizations are welcome to join. The statement also invited Cambodia and Vietnam to be observer states in the mechanisms. In addition, a China-ASEAN inter-ministerial meeting on law enforcement and security will now be held every two years. Chinese public security minister Guo Shengkun addressed a parallel […]
Chinese Consul General Song Rong Hua, his deputy and a senior staff member in Chinese consulate in Cebu were shot at a birthday lunch in a popular restaurant there on Wednesday, October 21. The consul-general was able to survive his gunshot wounds but Deputy Consul General Sun Shan and Finance Officer Hui Li died from while being treated in hospital. Meanwhile, the authorities identified the suspects as Li Quing Liang and his wife Guo Jing. […]
Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said, that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit scheduled for November in the Philippines Senate president Franklin Drilon handed to Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov the invitation letter of President Benigno S. Aquinoo III Aquino to Putin. Lavrov expressed appreciation for Aquino’s invitation and said that Putin is looking forward to visiting manila in November. The Philippines is this year’s host of APEC meetings including […]
The Philippines has been named host of the very first ASEAN corporate governance conference and awards by the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF). Headed by capital market regulators from 10 ASEAN jurisdictions, the ACMF has partnered with the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to organize this event promoting good corporate governance as a catalyst for growth and change. The conference will be held at the Asian Development Bank on the morning of November 14. […]
(Eagle News) — Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is set to receive today, Oct. 13, the prestigious 2015 Asia Game Changer of the Year 2015 in New York, USA. He depared for the US Sunday night, October 11, to receive the honor, following Asia Society’s earlier announcement of the 2015 Asia Game Changers. He follows in the footsteps of Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, who took the honor in 2014. “The Asia Game […]
Philippine authorities have ruled out suggestions that plane wreckage reportedly found on an island in the south of the country is of missing Malaysia airlines plane MH370. Captain Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, the commander of Naval Task Force 61, said they have deployed a gunboat in Sugbay Island in Tawi Tawi following reports that a teenager has found aircraft wreckage, with the Malaysian flag painted on its side, somewhere in the area. However, he said that […]
The United Nations General Assembly has approved secretary general Ban Ki-Moon’s nomination of Heidi Mendoza as under-secretary general for internal oversight services. The UN chief, in a statement last week, said the UN recognized that “as a certified public accountant, Mendoza has over 20 years of service in government particularly in the field of audit, investigation, fraud examination, anti-corruption and integrity advocacy,” Mendoza has been a commissioner in Commission on Audit (COA) since 2011, particularly […]
The government is currently experimenting on mixing different energies available in the country to ensure enough electricity will be generated for the country. Energy undersecretary Loreta Ayson revealed that the government has been doing a simulation on energy by mixing the use of 1/3 coal energy, 1/3 natural gas and 1/3 renewable energy. “We are working on these programs; we are doing a balance to use coal, natural gas, renewable energy. It is a work […]
Member economies of APEC are urged to facilitate trade and investments in resilient energy infrastructure that can withstand disasters. In a press briefing for the 12th APEC Energy Ministers’ Meeting (EMM) in Cebu, Department of Energy undersecretary Loreta Ayson said aside from power demand, there is now a strong need to invest in resilient energy infrastructure as the region is faced with the challenges of climate change. “As we have emphasized before, APEC economies should […]
