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West African heads of state are set to travel to Ouagadougou to reinstall the country’s deposed interim leader in a bid to find a peaceful end to the political crisis in Burkina Faso. The presidents of several African nations were due to travel to Burkina Faso’s capital on a mission to negotiate the peaceful roll-back of a coup by presidential guard soldiers last week, it was announced on Tuesday (September 22). After extensive meetings in […]
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 29 — Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the amended Philippine Fisheries Code last 22 September 2015. The 89-page document setting the rules and regulations for Republic Act (RA) No. 10654, or the act that amended RA 8550, otherwise known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, is the result of a 20-day drafting process involving commercial fishing companies, government, civil society organizations, the academe, […]
MANILA, Sep. 29 — The Philippines is clamping down on illicit financial flows (IFF), with the government undertaking reforms to strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks and prevent illegal movements of money or capital to, and from, the country. Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a non-profit research and advocacy organization, defines illicit financial flows as illegal movements of money or capital from one country to another. GFI classifies this movement as illicit flow when the funds are […]
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 29 — Member economies of the Asia-Pacific economic region forged a stronger public-private partnership which seeks to reduce, if not eliminate, food losses in the supply chain of fishery and livestock, in one of the meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Food Security Week. During a seminar organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Chinese Taipei and the Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand with the Philippine Center for […]
MANDALUYONG CITY, Sep. 29 — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has warned Filipino workers against using falsified documents to support their applications for overseas jobs. Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac on Sunday said the Philippine Embassy in Wellington has reported that a substantial number of Filipino dairy farm workers have entered New Zealand using false employment certificates. The report said unscrupulous individuals in the Philippines issued the fake certificates in exchange for a considerable […]
(Reuters) — About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters on Monday (September 28) to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The demonstrations last year, when activists streamed on to highways to demand full democracy, became the biggest political challenge to Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in years. Police, keen to avoid any repeat of last year’s occupations, far […]
(Reuters) — Thai police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang on Monday (September 28) officially presented a cash reward of 3 million baht ($82,668) to officers involved in the Bangkok blast investigation. He announced the cash reward a month ago. “I would like to present the cash reward, which was donated through my businessman friends and some were from myself to Police General Chakthip Chaijinda, to be handed out to all authorities involved in the case, including military […]
(Reuters) — China and the European Union (EU) agreed to deepen investment cooperation on Monday (September 28) during the 5th China-EU High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue. Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai and EU Vice President for Jobs, Growth, Investment, and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen, oversaw the signing of a joint declaration of cooperation for the development of 5G mobile phone networks and a memorandum of understanding between China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the […]
By Andrew Chubb, UWA (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — The US defence establishment’s provocative plan to assert freedom of navigation by patrolling near China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea appears to have stalled. But if the United States abandons the policy it will forego an important opportunity to help stabilise Asia’s contested waters. In May, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter reportedly asked the US military to develop plans to send planes and ships within 12 nautical miles (nm) of China’s new […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe led Pulse Asia’s “Ulat ng Bayan” national survey on presidential candidates for the 2016 elections with 26 percent of respondents choosing her. The administration bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas II got 20 percent, making him statistically tied at second place along with Vice-President Jejomar Binay who got 19 percent and Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte with 16 percnt. The survey was conducted from Sept. 8 to 14 and covered some […]
(Eagle News) – Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo thanked all the guests of different nationalities who were invited to the Church’s first-ever simultaneous worldwide mission on Saturday, Sept. 26, as he stressed the importance of having an open and curious mind to find out the truth written in the Bible. “Maraming salamat sa pagbibigay ng ganitong pagkakataon sa amin na kami ay makapaglingkod sa inyo. (Thank you very much for giving […]
Two months before countries all over the world gather in Paris to conclude a landmark agreement to curb global warming, France is taking an initiative to highlight the role of civil society in climate negotiations in the Philippines and abroad through a Climate Week in Manila. France, as the host of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) this December, is responsible for […]
