Tag: BIMP EAGA

BIMP-EAGA to focus on 4 initiatives for this week’s summit

  The Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines — East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) will push for four initiatives during its meeting this week. Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) International Relations Division Development Manager Officer Jonathan Miral told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) that the 12th BIMP-EAGA Summit aims to discuss how the sub-region will enhance transport connectivity, generate more private investments, enhance trade, and increase local government engagement. Under the initiative of enhancing transport connectivity […]

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New shipping route within BIMP – EAGA to open on April 30, to spur trading between Indo and PH

  (Eagle News) — The opening of the shipping route within the Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippine East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) is expected to further enhance trading between the Philippines and Indonesia. A Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) ferry service will begin plying the Davao City-General Santos-Bitung, Indonesia route on April 30 2017, which will provide a faster and cheaper channel of trading goods among EAGA’s key cities. M/V Super Shuttle RoRo 12, operated by […]

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ASEAN in FOCUS: The next President should focus on Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The May 9 Philippine elections is a very crucial event, with the next Philippine president steering the country in this era of the ASEAN community. On May 9, and the period after that the world will focus on this Southeast Asian country, and the next President’s moves would be under a microscope. In this excerpt from Asean in Focus weekend edition aired on May 7, two prominent figures in the scene of […]

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