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US President Donald Trump arrived in the Philippine capital Sunday for regional summits, the last leg of a marathon Asian tour, according to an AFP reporter travelling with him. Trump, who flew in from Vietnam, will be in Manila until Tuesday to attend talks hosted by controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. © Agence France-Presse
Her Excellency Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar said that women capital development is not only what Myanmar needs but the whole ASEAN region. She coined the phrase ‘women capital development’ from the concepts of empowering women and human capital development during her keynote address at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2017 at the Solaire, Manila, Philippines. “Since 2004, […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he was “sure” Donald Trump would not raise human rights concerns when they meet in Manila, after the US President praised himself his drug war. Trump is due to land in the Philippines on Sunday evening ahead of two days of summits. According to Duterte, Trump had already given him “words of encouragement” during a brief encounter on the sidelines of another regional summit in Vietnam on Saturday. “He said […]
(Eagle News) — Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen here amazed by the warm Filipino welcome he received upon his arriving at Clark International Airport in the Philippines. Other world leaders who are now in the country are Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysian Prime Minister Najon Razak, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, […]
(Eagle News) — World leaders, including those from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and partner countries, have started arriving for the historic 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits in the Philippines. The planes carrying Malaysian Prime Minister Najon Razak, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, South Korea President Moon Jae-In, Australia Prime Minister […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service The University of Sto. Tomas Growling Tigers avoided the infamy of having a winless season with a heart-stopping 88-85 victory over the University of East Red Warriors at the Araneta Coliseum. But the win did not come easy for UST. The Red Warriors forced a turnover off an inbound pass with less than 30 seconds remaining to cut the Tigers lead down to one. UE almost forced another turnover […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had a bilateral meeting with People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Summit at the Crowne Plaza Da Nang in Vietnam on November 11, 2017. The 72-year old Duterte discussed the issue of the South China Sea, North Korea, as well as strengthening the friendship between China and the Philippines during their bilateral talks. Joining the President were Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan […]
by Caesar Vallejos, EBC Correspondent The ASEAN Mentorship for Entrepreneurs Network (AMEN) was officially launched by President Rodrigo Duterte during the first day of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS 2017) at the Solaire Manila, Philippines last November 12, 2017. Under the Philippine Chairmanship through the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (BAC), AMEN is a public-private partnership platform which gives utmost importance to mentorship, a way of educating through focused guidance targetted to micro-, […]
DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump said Sunday he backs US intelligence agencies who concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election, but repeated his trust in the sincerity of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal denials. “As to whether or not I believe it or not, I’m with our agencies. I believe in our… intelligence agencies,” Trump told reporters in Hanoi. US intelligence chiefs have told congress Russia meddled in the […]
(Agence France Presse) — US President Donald Trump told his Vietnamese counterpart Sunday he is ready to help resolve the dispute in the resource-rich South China Sea which Beijing claims most of. “If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let me know… I am a very good mediator,” the dealmaking American leader told Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang during an official state visit Sunday. Vietnam has long courted support from Washington in its dispute […]
(Eagle News) — Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived in the country on Sunday, in time for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. Sisoulith’s plane landed at the Clark International Airport shortly before 11 a.m. He was welcomed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi. Minutes after, Widodo’s plane landed. Widodo was accompanied by his wife. Sisoulith was named prime minister late January 2016, when outgoing prime minister Thongsing Thammavong announced […]
