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DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday (November 10). Xi will meet other leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday in the Vietnamese seaside resort of Danang. Agreement over the leaders’ statement is likely to prove one of the major sticking points of the summit due to the increasingly protectionist stance of the US.
DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will not hold a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam, the White House said Friday. “Regarding a Putin meeting, there was never a meeting confirmed, and there will not be one that takes place due to scheduling conflicts on both sides,” press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters minutes before Air Force One touched down in the Vietnamese city […]
DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Vietnam for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Friday (November 10). Trudeau and other APEC leaders, including President Xi Jinping of China and U.S. President Donald Trump, will meet later on Friday in the Vietnamese seaside resort of Danang. Trudeau will also be focusing on negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal on the sidelines of the summit.
DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — The death toll from typhoon downpours and floods wreaking havoc along Vietnam’s south-central coast has risen to 61, an official said Tuesday, as the country opens its doors to world leaders for this week’s APEC summit. Typhoon Damrey struck just before Vietnam was set to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Danang, which will bring together US President Donald Trump, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, among other […]
MANILA – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the Duterte administration will look “closely” at the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), given its new policy of moving the country swiftly towards economic integration with its fellow-members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and major trade partners in Asia and the Pacific. “I personally would like to look at RCEP closely because that’s the 10 ASEAN countries, I think. That one, we are more open to,” Dominguez said […]
Nakabalik na sa bansa si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte mula sa kanyang pagdalo sa APEC summit sa Lima, Peru. Pasado alas onse kagabi dumating ang pangulo sa Davao City kasama ang kanyang delegasyon na dumaan pa muna sa New Zealand bago lumapag sa Davao City. Sa kanyang arrival speech, inilahad ni Pangulong Duterte ang kanyang mga naiuwing magagandang balita mula sa kanyang pagdalo sa kauna-unahang APEC summit. Isa umano sa mga napag-usapan sa kanyang pagdalo sa […]
CUBA, South America (Reuters) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a floral offering at the monument of Cuban national hero Jose Marti on Tuesday (November 15) as the first act of his official visit in Cuba. Trudeau arrived in Cuba on Tuesday for an official visit that will include meetings with Cuban President Raul Castro. Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel was at the Jose Marti International Airport when Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte asked the Department of Foreign Affairs, especially the country’s embassy officials in Wellington, New Zealand, to closely monitor the status of Filipinos in the country after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit New Zealand. As of now, no Filipino was reported affected by the earthquake. President Duterte plans to make a stop-over in New Zealand on his way to Peru to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.
The Philippine National Police took the top spot as being the biggest spender at the recently-held Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC summit, with Php 1.5 million allocated to the said government agency. The almost 10 billion pesos APEC budget was divided between 20 government agencies. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/gwei0TI_36M
MANILA, Philippines – Now that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is over, let’s find out some fun trivia regarding some of the APEC leaders. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA,Philippines – According to the Ibon Foundation, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is not the answer to the economic development of the Philippines, adding that the terms of the commitment made by the 21 countries like corporate control on intellectual property rights, international dispute settlement mechanisms as well as the free trade agreement will have negative impacts in our economy, especially when it comes to labor and employment. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul […]
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)
