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FOREIGN Ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a one-day ministerial level meeting in Malaysia on Sunday (April 26). The preparation meeting at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre came ahead of the leaders summit on Monday (April 27) where heads of state of the regional bloc will meet to discuss a slew of regional and international issues. Territorial disputes in the South China Sea and establishment of an integrated […]
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has a busy schedule ahead of him as the President and other Southeast Asian leaders gather in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for the 26th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. President Aquino, along with the official Philippine delegation, is due to arrive here on Sunday afternoon to attend the summit on April 26 to 28, with nine other ASEAN leaders. On his first day in Kuala Lumpur, the President […]
Press Release for 9th ASEAN Leaderspeak MAKATI, Philippines – Recognizing the increasing importance of marine and coastal resources in the region, the Asian Institute of Management featured three distinguished scientists from the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) to share their insights on citizen science as a new initiative for protecting and conserving essential marine and coastal areas – aligned with the Coral Triangle Initiative of the ASEAN. “If you give nature a chance, she will […]
Manila, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — The Philippines will have three million more jobs with the coming of ASEAN Integration, but 38 percent of this would be in the field of vulnerable jobs. This was according to a study of the International Labor Organization which was mentioned in a recent forum on 21st century skills for ASEAN, hosted by Asia Society Philippines. According to ILO country director Lawrence Jeff Johnson, the ASEAN Integration will create […]
First ASEAN Woman Leader awardee, Sandy Montano shares her insights about the empowerment of women in the 8th ASEAN leaderspeak series entitled “The ASEAN Woman Leader”.
In this epsiode of ASEAN in Focus, lawyer Jeremy Gatdula, who specializes in international economic law and the World Trade Organization, as well as the philosophy of law, tackles the question if there is a need to amend Philippine laws so the country could be better prepared for the ASEAN integration. Atty. Gatdula is is also the Secretary of the University of Asia and the Pacific School of Law and Governance.
EBC’s European bureau correspondent talks about the role of media in the ASEAN integration
(Eagle News Service) — The ASEAN integration economic blueprint envisions the establishment of a single market and production base, a highly competitive economic region, a region of equitable economic development, and a region fully integrated into the global economy. Among components identified are improved market access within the region, investment facilitation, establishment of a single aviation market and financial integration. Financial integration involves the banking sector and the financial markets. In this connection, there is […]
(Eagle News Service) — The rise of political dynasties is said to threaten the vibrancy of the political systems of the biggest democracies in Southeast Asia – Indonesia and the Philippines. This was according to an article from the East Asia Forum. While political dynasties are not foreign to Indonesian democracy, this was somehow challened with the recent victory of President Joko Widodo, a former governor of Jakarta. It has also been said that the […]
Trade Advisory Group chief and World Trade Organization (WTO) panelist Atty. Antonio Abad further gives insights on the prospects for the Philippines when ASEAN integration comes in next year. In this episode of ASEAN in Focus (Nov. 28), Abad also talks about basic economics and what would be happening with the establishment of an ASEAN economic community. Abad said the “positives definitely outweigh the negatives” for the Philippines when ASEAN becomes a regional economic hub […]
(Eagle News Service) – ASEAN leaders stressed the importance of a “Drug-Free ASEAN” as various heads of anti-drug agencies and their respective delegations recently convened in Jakarta to tackle the issue of the drug menace in the region. The leaders of various anti-drug agencies in the ASEAN region also stressed the need to prevent drug syndicates and other organized crimes from taking advantage of the ASEAN regional integration in 2015. “As organized criminal groups and […]
(Eagle News Service) — Starting 2015, the whole ASEAN region will be moving towards the ASEAN economic community (AEC) wherein there will be a single market economy with free movement of goods, services and investments throughout the 10-member nations of the ASEAN. It would be the culmination of the regional grouping’s economic efforts since the 1990s. There are two conflicting views emerging in the Philippines on whether or not the country is ready for economic […]
