Filipinos are given a peek into the foreign policy of Vice President Leni Robredo if she wins as president in May 2022 after she pushed for the Philippines to lead the drafting and signing of a binding Code of Conduct (COC) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the contested...
Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, today unveiled new research which found ASEAN business leaders prioritizing cybersecurity issues at the board level, as a result of the disruptions brought about by COVID-19. The State of Cybersecurity in ASEAN study surveyed...
Philippine economic recovery is “firmly on track” and is expected to speed up following further relaxation of mobility restrictions and continued policy support, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said. The regional macroeconomic surveillance organization said on Friday, March 11,...
The Philippines is seeking the early conclusion of an effective Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea that would be inclusive and not put any nation at a disadvantage, Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) In his intervention during the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) Philippines formally turned over the leadership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Education Sector organizations to the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (Photo from DepEd) After two years at the...
The ASEAN foreign ministers meeting or AMM Retreat is attended in person by foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Laos, and online by foreign ministers of Brunei, Thailand and Vietnam. (Xinhua) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Foreign ministers of the Association of...
The ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) has officially approved the city of Solo, Indonesia to host the 11th ASEAN Para Games scheduled on July 23 to 30. The development was announced Wednesday during the Board of Governors meeting attended virtually by 10 member nations, replacing Hanoi, Vietnam...
BDO Unibank, Inc. has successfully raised P52.7 billion from the issuance of Peso-denominated Fixed-Rate ASEAN Sustainability Bonds under its P365 billion Bond Programme. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said the amount it raised was more than 10 times the original offer...
K-pop, Korean dramas and Korean food are the first things that come to mind among youths in countries under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including the Philippines. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Seoul-based ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) “aimed to identify the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Wednesday, Jan. 26, that it will use blockchain technology to make cross-border securities transactions in Asia and the Pacific more efficient and secure. In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution said the ADB is working with leading...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) expects the Philippine economy will grow at a much slower pace this year after the highly transmissible Omicron variant rattled the services sector’s recovery. In its ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, Jan. 25, the regional...
Baguio City, tagged as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines," and Ilagan City in Isabela have been recognized as among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Clean Tourist Cities in this year's ASEAN Tourism Standards Awards. Baguio City and Ilagan City (Photos from Unsplash and...
