Tag: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Palace: Duterte to cut short PNG visit due to “urgent domestic developments”

Says the President will, however, attend all APEC-related events today (Eagle News)—Malacanang announced that President Rodrigo Duterte would be attending Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)-related events in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, Nov. 17. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the announcement after he said Duterte would be cutting short his Papua New Guinea visit. These events the President would be attending, he said, include a dialogue before “prominent business leaders during the summit of chief executive officers […]

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Duterte arrives in Papua New Guinea for APEC Summit

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Papua New Guinea on Friday, Nov. 16, to attend the  26th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) from Nov. 17 to 18. The President, who had just come from a four-day stay in Singapore for the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, arrived at the Jacksons International Airport in Port Moresby. He is slated to meet with members of the Filipino community this afternoon. In an interview […]

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President Duterte laments Southeast Asia brain drain due to globalization in APEC CEO summit

DA NANG, Vietnam (AFP) — Globalization has pressed the brightest workers from poor Southeast Asian countries to move overseas in a brain drain that must be reversed if real development is to be achieved, President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday. In an impassioned speech to chief executive officers gathered in Vietnam ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders summit, Duterte said the efforts of poorer countries to rise up the value chain are being undercut by mass […]

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Security in Manila heightened as APEC summit kicks off

Security forces are on full alert in Manila as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting was set to kick off on Wednesday (November 18). Regional tensions over the South China Sea and security concerns after the attack by Islamist militants on Paris could eclipse efforts by Pacific-Rim leaders this week to boost trade and growth across a region of around 3 billion people. Philippine officials have said there has been no intelligence suggesting a […]

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What is APEC?

QUEZON City, Philippines (November 18) – Every student is aware of the four-day holiday in November brought about by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC. But what do we know about the APEC? Here is the lowdown. APEC is a meeting for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throught the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1989, APEC was the response to the growing interdependence between the Asia-Pacific economies as well as the start of regional trade blocs around the […]

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APEC: Future of progress

QUEZON City, Philippines (November 17) – Different countries united for a common goal, to aim for a better and brighter future for their country and their people. This is the reason why Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, more popularly known as APEC, was created – to facilitate the growing economy, trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific Region. The main objective of APEC is known as BOGOR goals, it aims to achieve free trade and open trade […]

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