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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has sent hundreds of garbage-filled shipping containers back to their countries of origin, according to the customs agency, as the Southeast Asian nation pushes back against becoming a dumping ground for foreign trash. About 250 containers seized across the archipelago in recent months have already been returned and authorities are inspecting more than 1,000 others, a customs official said. Among them, 49 containers of waste seized on Batam Island near […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration on Friday evening (July 5) of a rice processing center in Leyte which, he said, is one of the government-private initiatives to “sustain our rice supply and ensure food security for our nation.” The two-hectare complex is the most technologically advanced rice processing center in Southeast Asia and the largest in the Visayas and Mindanao regions, Malacanang said. The P1.7-billion Chen Yi Agventures (CYA) Rice […]
(Eagle News) – The Indo-Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, will continue to be very important for Japan which aims to help countries in the region to achieve sustainable development. And the Philippines is one of the important countries for Japan as it continues to provide development funds and opportunities for policy research that will help the country. This was highlighted during the academic conference held by Japan government’s National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies […]
The Philippines won three more bronze medals in the 42nd Southeast Asia Swimming Championships at the Trace Aquatic Center in Los Bano, Laguna on Sunday, as the country ended its campaign in the tournament. Xiandi Chua, Kirsten Robyn Tan and Lady Samantha Corpuz delivered the medals for the Philippines. The country’s medal haul consisted of four golds, 11 silvers and 14 bronzes. Chua, who topped the 200-meter individual medley (IM) and 200-meter backstroke events in […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — “Golden Triangle” countries must address corruption and collaborate more closely to tackle record meth production and the gangs who traffic the drug across Southeast Asia and beyond, the UN said Monday. From Bangkok to Brisbane, authorities are raking in huge hauls of methamphetamine stimulant pills — better known as “yaba” — and the purer, more potent crystallized version known as “ice.” They hail from the “Golden Triangle,” a lawless wedge of […]
Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (Eagle News) – Dumaong sa Puro Point sa San Fernando City, La Union ang tatlong barko na binansagang Balangay matapos ang 22 araw na expedition sa China noong Mayo 19. Pinangunahan ni Undersecretary Arturo Valdez ang 33 na miyembro ng crew ng tatlong Balangay mula sa 22 araw na expedition. Abril 28 nang magsimulang lumayag ang mga ito patungong Xiamen, China. Ayon kay Valdez, anim […]
By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service Delegates from the 10-member nations of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam — gathered for the first-ever Southeast Asia Prix Jeunesse (SEA PJ) at the Peninsula Manila from November 27 to 29, 2017. SEA PJ is a prestigious international video festival for children’s media, spearheaded by the Anak TV Foundation, […]
By Agence France Presse A global treaty to fight the health impact of tobacco has suffered substantial setbacks in Southeast Asia, home to some of the world’s highest concentrations of smokers, a watchdog group said Monday. The powerful tobacco lobby last year stopped proposed cigarette tax increases in Malaysia and Indonesia, while Vietnam waived all duties on dried tobacco imports from Cambodia, the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance said in a report. “We […]
(Eagle News) — A Malaysian who fought alongside terrorists in Marawi is the new Islamic State emir in Southeast Asia. This is according to Philippine National Police Chief Roland dela Rosa,who spoke in a press conference on Monday. “(Amin Baco) is not only leading the remaining stragglers (in Marawi), but also the whole Southeast Asia,” De la Rosa said, citing information provided by Mohammad Ilham Syahputra, who was arrested in Marawi last week. De la Rosa said […]
President Rodrigo Duterte says he is willing to open the country’s borders to Indonesia and Malaysia to fight Islamic State-linked militants in the south. Duterte said he will meet his Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts to discuss the creation of a task force against Islamist militants in the region, notorious for kidnappings, be-headings and clashes with the military. “In all probability, it will be a joint task force, and i will open my borders to the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines only managed to get 24 gold medals, finishing only at sixth place in the just concluded 2017 Southeast Asia Games, which was way below the country’s target and expectations for its players. The country collected 121 medals in all – 24 gold, 33 silver and 64 bronze medals – which was way below lead country Malaysia’s 323 medal haul consisting of 145 gold, 92 silver and 86 bronze medals. […]
HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) – Vietnam’s most powerful leader has called for greater unity among Southeast Asian states at a time the country has appeared increasingly isolated in challenging China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. Making the first visit by a Vietnamese communist party chief to Indonesia, Nguyen Phu Trong said in a speech televised at home on Wednesday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needed to be unified in resolving territorial […]
