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MANILA, Philippines – Members of the international media were full of praises regarding the hospitality of the Filipinos during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. More than 3000 journalists from Asia, United States and Europe covered said event. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ricardo Marquez expressed his gratitude to the PNP personnel who were on duty during the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit, adding that this is the largest deployment made by the PNP this year. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – President Noynoy Aquino and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe conducted bilateral talks during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, with said bilateral talks centering on the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea as well as agreeing in principle for stronger defense relations between the two countries. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – In response to the statement made by Senator Francis Escudero regarding the inhibition of Supreme Court Justices regarding the disqualification case filed by Rizalito David, said complainant alleged that Senator Poe’s camp is only making delaying actions to ensure that the name of Senator Grace Poe will be included in the ballot form. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs is still verifying the reports of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel near Pagasa Island, one of the islands occupied by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea, with nearby local government officials expressing apprehension due to the nearness of said vessel although there was no reported intervention on Philippine fishing in said area. Futhermore, said vessel stayed in the area while the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is […]
MANILA, Phiippines – Former chair of the Senate Committee on Finance asked the government to submit a breakdown of expenses regarding the Php 9.95 billion budget spent by the government during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – Several government officials are united in saying that the recently-held Asia Pacific Cooperation Summit summit in the Philippines is very successful, with the national organizing committee saying that this is the proof that the Philippines is capable of hosting international events. This, despite the fact that the summit was held a few days after the notorious terrorist attack in Paris, France. Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, on the other hand, stated that […]
(REUTERS) All remaining hostages at the Malian siege where at least three people died are now safe and out of the Radisson Blu in Bamako where they had been held, ministerial adviser Amadou Sangho told French television station BFMTV. “These people have been taken under the wing of the civil authorities,” he said. Earlier Malian commandos stormed the luxury hotel after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in the capital of the […]
(REUTERS) An African jihadist group affiliated with al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in the Malian capital Bamako. Al-Mourabitoun, a group based in northern Mali and made up mostly of Tuaregs and Arabs, posted a message on Twitter saying it was behind the attack on the Radisson Blu hotel, where around 130 people were reported to be trapped or held hostage. The claim could not […]
(Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Malaysia on Friday (November 20) on the final leg of a series of summits aimed at furthering Washington’s bid to rebalance ties towards Asia and challenge China’s increasingly assertive posture in the region. Obama is joining leaders of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a weekend summit. Leaders from seven other countries with close partnerships with the grouping – Australia, China, India, […]
(MANILA) — Amid the shadow cast by recent deadly attacks against Russia and France supposedly perpetrated by the Islamic State terrorist organization known as ISIS, the leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies strongly condemned on Thursday all acts, methods, and practices of terrorism in all their forms and manifestations In their official declaration issued following their talks in Manila, the APEC leaders said they will not “allow terrorism to threaten […]
(MANILA) The leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies has adopted the Philippine-led initiative that aims to put micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the forefront of regional and global trade by 2020. In their 2015 APEC Leaders’ Declaration issued following their retreat, the APEC leaders ordered their respective Ministers to implement actions laid out in the Boracay Action Agenda and report their progress to them by 2020. “We live […]
