Aside from global economic crisis, ASEAN Summit will also tackle energy, other pressing issues
April 11, 2009 12:55 am· Comments Off
PATTAYA, Thailand, April 10 — The central focus of the 14th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits will be on how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its six dialogue partners -– China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand -– will work together to address the challenges of the global economic crisis.
1,200 disaster family victims receive humanitarian pocket assistance from German gov’t
April 11, 2009 12:54 am· Comments Off
BUTUAN CITY, April 10 – At least 1,200 families recently affected by natural disaster in Mindanao had received humanitarian pocket assistance (HPA) from the government of Germany.
Russian experts to assist Italy in assessment of quake damage
April 11, 2009 12:53 am· Comments Off
MOSCOW, April 10 — Russian experts will be flown to Italy on Sunday to assist in assessing building safety in the aftermath of this week's devastating earthquake, an emergencies ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.
PGMA confers posthumous Presidential Medals of Merit on her late Palace aides; delivers moving eulogy in Malacanang wake
April 11, 2009 12:52 am· Comments Off
MANILA, April 10 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last night (Holy Thursday, April 9) conferred posthumous Presidential Medals of Merit (PMM) on all eight of her Palace aides -– officers and staff alike -– who died on Holy Tuesday (April 7) in an unfortunate chopper crash in a zero-visibility zone in the thickly forested Cordillera mountain-range boundary of Benguet and Ifugao provinces.
Nine KALAHI-CIDSS sub-projects completed in far-flung Surigao del Norte town
April 11, 2009 12:51 am· Comments Off
BUTUAN CITY, April 10 –- Nine newly-completed Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) sub-projects were inaugurated and turned over recently by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to the local government unit (LGU) in the coastal town of Libjo, Dinagat Islands province.
Asian leaders, and protesters gather for summit
April 11, 2009 12:50 am· Comments Off
PATTAYA, Thailand, April 10 — Leaders from 15 other Asian countries began arriving in Thailand on Friday for a summit focusing on the global financial crisis, as anti-government protesters marched towards the venue.
Departure statement of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on her attendance at the ASEAN Plus Summits in Thailand and visit to Dubai
April 11, 2009 12:49 am· Comments Off
MANILA, April 10 — The world economy continues to challenge developed and developing nations alike. This and North Korea’s missile launch underline the importance of our upcoming ASEAN Plus and East Asian Summits.
P5.7-M far-flung police station inaugurated in Agusan del Sur
April 11, 2009 12:48 am· Comments Off
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City, April 10 -– The P5.7 million new police station in far-flung municipality of La Paz, Agusan del Sur, was finally inaugurated early this week, this was learned on Friday.
Protesters pierce Pattaya police cordons, reach ASEAN summit hotel
April 11, 2009 12:47 am· Comments Off
PATTAYA, April 10 -– Thailand’s red-shirted anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters reached the five-star Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel, venue of the summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its Asia-Pacific dialogue partners in an attempt the disrupt the summit.
PGMA’s Eulogy During the Necrological Services for the Eight Malacañang Officials and Staff Killed in Chopper Crash in Ifugao, Heroes’ Hall, Malacanang, April 9, 2009
April 11, 2009 12:45 am· Comments Off
MANILA, April 10 — This is a moment of deep personal sadness for me, an intense feeling of sadness I know is shared by all our Malacañang co-workers, for our friends and colleagues who fell in the line of duty for country and compatriot.