Sotto defends ‘na-ano’ remark in Cebu summit

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Intern 05/12/2017

BARELY a week after his controversial “na-ano” remark, Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III highlighted the role of all mothers regardless of the circumstances. “I have a term for mothers. They must be called domestic engineers.…

End Hunger Summit tackles child nutrition

Intern 05/03/2017

  Carmen’s nine-year-old son did not want to eat vegetables before. But after availing of Gawad Kalinga’s Kusina ng Kalinga (KNK) feeding program, she said that her son now wants to eat vegetables more than ever. He…

Asean leaders wrestle over China at summit

Inquirer.net 04/29/2017

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faced pushback on Saturday at a regional summit over his efforts to weaken Southeast Asian resistance to Chinese expansionism in the contested South China Sea, diplomats said. Duterte was due to release a…

NCRPO chief: Cops securing Asean summit lack portalets, water

Inquirer.net 04/26/2017

One of the challenges faced by the security forces deployed at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Manila is the lack of portable toilets and drinking water. More than 4,000 police officers, enduring the…

40k troops to thwart terror threats to Asean summit

Inquirer, Inquirer.net 04/23/2017

Manila — The government will deploy 40,000 security and emergency personnel to thwart terror threats to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Manila this coming week, according to government officials. Ambassador Marciano A. Paynor…

Security troops sent to Bohol for ASEAN Summit meetings

Nestle L. Semilla 04/19/2017

Over 3,200 security forces from different government agencies mostly from Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were sent to Bohol on Wednesday morning for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit…

Biz leaders: Cebu safe, secure

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/10/2017

TRAVEL ALERT, REPORTED TERROR THREATS Following Cebu’s successful hosting of meetings for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) 2017 Summit, local business leaders found reports of alleged terrorist threats in Central Visayas hard to believe. Cebu…

‘Impeccable hospitality’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/07/2017

Meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit recently held in Cebu may not have been as long or as huge as past activities of its kind, but local stakeholders nonetheless cited gains from…

MAO BA?

Editorial 04/04/2017

STILL ALIVE A daughter asked her father what his plans for his 82nd birthday were. He said he always spent his birthdays at the Social Security System (SSS) office. The daughter asked why. “To let them know…

Asean Summit enters second day; no major incident reported

Benjie Talisic 04/04/2017

  POLICE Regional Office (PRO-7) Director Noli Taliño said that no major incidents happened during the conduct of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) Summit meetings, which entered its second day today. Taliño said the meetings…

Floods and traffic

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/03/2017

Heavy rains poured and major thoroughfares were flooded as delegates of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit meetings arrived in Cebu on Monday for a week-long gathering. But the knee-deep floods which covered several streets…

All set for Asean meetings

Nestle L. Semilla 04/02/2017

Police, military and other law enforcement units in Cebu have gone on full alert status and set in motion security measures as about 250 ranking delegates from member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) begin…

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