China PM meets Bongbong Marcos, vows cooperation based on respect for int’l law

Julie Aurelio 11/13/2022

PHNOM PENH—A day after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. pushed for the completion of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said his country would work closely with nations in…

PH salary for nurses, med techs lowest in Southeast Asia

Doris Dumlao-Abadilla 09/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is at the bottom of the pit in Southeast Asia when it comes to compensating nurses and medical technologists — some of the most crucial front-line workers in the global war on…

Duterte to Asean: Don’t choose sides between China and US

Krissy Aguilar - INQUIRER.net 11/03/2019

  NONTHABURI, Thailand — President Rodrigo Duterte has called on leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) not to choose between China and the United States (US) which would be a “strategic mistake.” In a…

Cebu City to get aid, tech

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/11/2018

Cebu City’s inclusion as a pilot area in the Smart Cities Network set up by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) can help attract foreign aid and collaboration to help resolve its urban problems. “We’re currently…

Contempt for rights

Editorial 04/27/2017

While most in Central Visayas are caught up in the ongoing crackdown of Abu Sayyaf bandits in Bohol province and the unraveling of Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza’s ties to the extremist group, elsewhere in the country, rights…

Asean meeting in Bohol to proceed as scheduled

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/12/2017

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit meetings in the resort town of Panglao in Bohol next week will not be cancelled despite the bloody clash between government troopers and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in…

RETURN P43.95M

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inquirer 02/15/2017

A controversy of the past continues to haunt government officers in Cebu. The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) to return the P43.95 million…

Senate OKs on second reading resolution to ratify AIIB Treaty

11/30/2016

The Senate has adopted on second reading a resolution seeking its concurrence in the ratification of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). No senator objected when Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto…

Duterte asked to protect PH veggies

10/17/2016

BAGUIO CITY — Cordillera farmers, who produce salad vegetables for markets like those in Metro Manila, said the Duterte administration must not relax regulations on the importation of Chinese products in his move to cozy up to…

How PH can keep up with Asean neighbors

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/19/2016

The Philippines would need to improve infrastructure, facilitate ease of doing business, streamline government services, and cut red tape to attract more foreign investors into the country. Ellorence Cruz, Bureau of Investments (BOI) Cebu office chief, cited…

‘The Punisher’ debuts in the global stage

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/05/2016

The deadly bomb blast in Davao City last week that claimed the lives of at least 14 people and maimed scores of others is hardly the backdrop that President Rodrigo Duterte wants when he debuts in the…

Crisis in Philippines higher education

Jobers R. Bersales 03/30/2016

The numbers speak for themselves. Among all the countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines, with a population of nearly 100 million, ranks the highest in terms of number of universities and colleges,…

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