With the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society, businesses are seen to heed the growing demand from consumers for sustainability to show that they care for both the environment and the community they operate in. During this year’s ASEAN Sustainability E-Summit organized by SM...
The pandemic and the climate crisis are increasing the pressure on corporations globally, including the Philippines, to take accountability for their impact on the environment and push for sustainability efforts. During the ASEAN Sustainability E-Summit on Friday, Tim Daniels, investor relations...
Some of the next generation leaders in the Philippines are bent on pushing for sustainability, even as they noted of challenges that need to be addressed to achieve the goal. 40301 During the first session of ASEAN Sustainability E-Summit on Thursday, Oct. 21, Mariana Beatriz Zobel de Ayala, vice...
The National Museum of the Philippines is hosting the ASEAN Museum Congress 2021, an online international conference of museum professionals and heritage stakeholders, from Oct. 26 to 28, 2021. With the theme, “Museum Interpretation in Times of Disaster: Museum Education, Exhibitions and Public...
The leaders of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) vowed to collectively strive to prevent and combat transnational crime through stronger cross-pillar and cross-sectoral cooperation in the post coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) era, the Department of the Interior and...
Over 60 enterprises from 10 member-nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations showcased their technologies during the Southeast Asian bloc’s virtual summit on spin-off technologies held on Oct. 5. (DOST-PCHRD Facebook page) The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through the...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) cut its economic growth outlook for the Philippines due to recurring new waves of coronavirus infections followed by the retightening of containment measures. The regional macroeconomic surveillance organization on Thursday, Oct. 7, tempered its 2021...
The Philippines is "continuously assessing" the implications of the trilateral security agreement of Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS), a foreign affairs executive bared. DFA Acting Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro (Photo courtesy of...
Major business groups in the country believe there is a need to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good. “We do believe that the state and the private sector should be able to restrict the activities of unvaccinated persons for the common good,” said the 12 big...
A De La Salle University (DLSU) student was honored with the Youth Global Changemakers Award 2021 by the Youth Empowerment Facilitation (YEF) Global. (Photo from Mirus Ponon's Twitter account) Emmanuel Mirus Ponon was recognized as the Rising Impact Maker for promoting No Poverty, Quality...
Chief executives of stock exchanges in the ASEAN have agreed to actively promote the region’s capital market as an asset class. During at the 33rd ASEAN Exchanges CEOs Meeting hosted by The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE), the capital market leaders also discussed potential initiatives to...
The Philippines has welcomed Australia’s decision to establish a trilateral partnership with the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), citing its importance to regional peace and security and in addressing the geographic imbalance in the Indo- Pacific region. Foreign Affairs Secretary...
