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New York tests doctor who was in West Africa for Ebola

(Reuters) – A physician with Doctors without Borders who returned from West Africa recently and developed potential symptoms was being tested for Ebola at a New York City hospital, health officials said on Thursday, setting off fresh fears about the spread of the virus. The doctor was identified as Craig Spencer, who was working for the humanitarian organization in Guinea, one of three West African nations hardest hit by Ebola. Spencer, 33, developed a fever […]

ASEAN tackles how to better inform SMEs about integration

“The need to better inform SMEs or small and medium-sized enterprises about the developments of the ASEAN Economic Community has been raised repeatedly by high-level ASEAN bodies including the ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting. The question on how this can be achieved is now slowly being answered. One of these attempts to answer this question was addessed when representatives from the ASEAN SME Agencies Working Group (SMEWG), the ASEAN Secretariat, and private sector bodies at the […]

Vietnam’s education system: still under construction

Author: David Brown, California (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — For Vietnamese youth, a university degree is the entry ticket to the middle class and a promise (often unfulfilled) of an urban professional job. Enrolment in higher education has grown from 162,000 in 1992 to over two million last year, some 25 per cent of the nation’s college-age population. Business, finance and foreign trade degrees are prized, a consequence of the Vietnamese economy’s globalisation. To meet demand […]

Government coordinating with MILF to neutralize Abu Sayyaf

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — Malacañang said Thursday the government is coordinating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in neutralizing the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).  Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the government is closely coordinating with the MILF since the latter is the government’s partner in insuring peace and order in the Bangsamoro region.“Masinsin ang ginagawang pakikipag-ugnayan ng pamahalaan sa MILF dahil sila ang partner ng pamahalaan sa pagtamo […]

Turismo sa kabila ng Terorismo, palalakasin sa Western Mindanao Region

Sa kabila ng mga nangyaring karahasan at kidnapping sa Western Mindanao Region, hindi pa rin sumusuko ang Department of Tourism upang i-promote ang nasabing rehiyon bilang tourist destination. Bilang katunayan, nagawa pang ipasyal ng D-O-T ang mga bisitang dayuhan mula sa Indonesia, Brunei at Malaysia sa Zamboanga City upang ipakita ang magagandang tanawin doon, pati na ang lugar na kinubkob ng tropa ni MNLF Founding Chairman Nur Misuari. Eagle News Correspondent Ely Dumaboc Report