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(Eagle News) – Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde will be stepping down from his office on Oct. 29, 10 days earlier than his scheduled retirement on Nov. 8 when he turns 56. This is to give way to the earlier turn-over ceremony for the next PNP chief as President Rodrigo Duterte would be attending the Association Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. “It’s because of the ASEAN summit. I think the President prefers to […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Eight warships, four aircraft and more than a thousand personnel from the US and ten Southeast Asian countries will join maritime drills kicking off Monday, as part of a joint exercise extending into the flashpoint South China Sea. The first Asean-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) between the regional bloc and Washington lasts for five days, starting at the Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand and ending in Singapore. The drills come at a […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Footage emerged Saturday of the moment a bomb exploded in a Bangkok mall as the city hosted a major summit, the device apparently hidden inside a cuddly toy animal. There were nine successful or attempted bomb blasts on Friday throughout Bangkok which left four wounded as the city hosted a regional summit attended by top diplomats, including US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Footage […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok on Friday, Aug. 2, urged Filipinos there to take extra precautions following the “bombings” that ripped across the capital as it hosted a regional summit. In a statement, the embassy also urged Filipinos to cooperate with authorities “as they implement heightened security measures.” Earlier in the day, several small bombs exploded across Bangkok, while the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers meeting also attended by US Secretary of […]
by Aidan JONES / Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP ) — Several small bombs exploded across Bangkok on Friday, rattling the Thai capital as it hosted a regional summit attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and leaving three people wounded. Thailand, which has a grim history of political violence, remains deeply divided after a controversial March election returned a Thai junta to power as a civilian government. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who led […]
by Francesco FONTEMAGGI / Dene-Hern Chen Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Thursday that Washington was not asking Southeast Asian nations to “choose” between his country and rival power China, as he trailed a rebooted security and trade strategy at a Bangkok summit. The denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a bitter trade war between the superpowers and open access to contested seas dominated talks between Pompeo […]
Ambassador says China would like to finalize COC while PHL is still coordinator of China-ASEAN dialogue (Eagle News) – China would want to finish the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea where freedom of navigation and overflight is maintained while the Philippines is still the country coordinator of China-ASEAN relations, according to China’s ambassador to the Philippines. During the reception on Monday for the 92nd Founding Anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army, Chinese […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s strong stand against Canada on the issue of returning its trash back to its shores has inspired other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to also take a strong stand on saying no to wastes being dumped into their countries. This was relayed by Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero of the Bureau of Customs to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Guerrero, who came from the 28thmeeting […]
by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI / Dene-Hern CHEN BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Bangkok on Saturday determined to drive forward the world’s largest commercial pact, with the trade war between the US and China clouding the outlook for their export-led economies. Disputes in the flashpoint South China Sea and Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya Muslims are expected to be tussled over by leaders on Sunday, the final day of the Association of Southeast Asian […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte expressed grave concern over activities in the South China Sea that erode trust and confidence with existing mechanisms, as he pressed for the immediate conclusion of the binding code of conduct in the South China Sea. Duterte, who returned to the country Sunday night, was disappointed with the slow action on the Code of the Conduct on the South China Sea even as the Philippines as country […]
by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI / Dene-Hern Chen Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Southeast Asian leaders made an impassioned plea against protectionism at a regional summit in Bangkok Sunday, warning that a dragging US-China trade spat could hammer their export-led economies. Tit-for-tat tariffs between Washington and Beijing have cast a dark cloud over global growth forecasts and experts warn any drop-off in spending by the world’s two biggest economies is likely to hit Southeast Asia […]
