Over 200 yogis participated in the annual celebration of the International Day of Yoga led by the Indian Embassy in Manila on Wednesday. Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran joined in the event, noting that the 5,000-year-old practice is also gaining popularity in the country as an...
The Philippines and India have sealed a partnership in Financial Technology (FinTech) as the two countries see the need for cooperation to share and learn from each others' expertise and potentials. Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Indian Ambassador to the Philippines...
The National Development Co. (NDC), the government’s investment arm under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), has agreed to renew for another 25 years the lease of American oil company Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI) on certain parcels of land used for its energy infrastructure in the...
COPENHAGEN - The Danish government and its private sector players have expressed willingness to participate in prospective public-private partnership (PPP) as well as extending concessional loans to various sub-segments of the emerging offshore wind (OSW) industry and in energy infrastructure...
COPENHAGEN – Beyond prospects in the energy sector, Danish companies are eyeing investment growth opportunities in the food and agri-business industries of the country, according to Philippine Ambassador to Denmark Leo M. Herrera-Lim. In an interview, he disclosed that “we want to see Arla to...
COPENHAGEN -- An “Asian training hub’ in the Philippines for upskilling and reskilling of talents in the offshore wind industry is being explored with private Danish firms as well as the government of Denmark, so there will be an institution where pool of talents can gain broader expertise on...
The Philippines and India have agreed to expand security engagements and implement military exchanges as defense officials of both countries met to discuss mutual interests and the rule of law in the volatile Indo-Pacific. The recent talk came after Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu...
Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund (CINMF), an affiliate of Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), will be investing $5 billion to for the commercial development of three greenfield offshore wind farm projects that could bring in 2,000 megawatts of additional power...
The Philippines and US governments have agreed on two deliverables -- civil nuclear and trade cooperation – to help address the former’s energy deficiency problem and boost bilateral trade encouraged by the return of warm relations between the two allies. During the Makati Business Club (MBC)...
The Philippines would be able to save up to 21 million pounds a year under the United Kingdom’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), its new duty-free scheme to developing trade partners. Laure Beaufils, UK ambassador to the Philippines, told a briefing hosted by the British Chamber...
USAID, the principal US government agency to extend assistance to countries, launched a P1 billion digitalization program that aims to digitally transform 30,000 small micro and medium enterprises (MSMEs) over a five-year period. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson announced the $18...
By MARYKAY CARLSON US Ambassador to the Philippines The last five months of 2022 coincided with my first five months serving as US Ambassador to the Philippines – an exciting time marked by non-stop engagements that strengthened our ironclad relationship as friends, partners, and allies. Only...
