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In a video conference, the Philippines, through the Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) has led the 17th Meeting of the Task Force on Wood-Based Products (TFWBP) which was held last May 21, 2021. Supervising Trade-Industry Development Specialist of the BPS Standards Development Division (SDD) Engr. Myra Magabilin has chaired the meeting with Standards Officer of …

Myanmar protesters have burned mock coffins and pictures of the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing today in the latest demonstrations against the junta’s seizing power in February which led the Southeast Asian country into disorder. Messages on funeral wreaths such as “May you not rest in peace” and “may your birthday and death day be the same,” were spotted in …

The Philippines has called for the Southeast Asian countries as well as the dialogue partners in intensifying its efforts regarding the matter of transnational crime, terrorism, and maritime security despite the pandemic. Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro brought up the matter during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) meeting of senior officials which was …

Telecommunications firm says that as most people in the Philippines use the mobile, or wireless option, the cost of connecting to the internet in the Philippines is cheaper. Globe Telecom Inc. said in a statement that the challenging topography of the country has made the Philippine’s online connectivity to be mostly based on mobile. Research firms like Hootsuite and We …

Zhang Qinwen, at the peak of her eating disorder was the weight of a child. Her hair began falling out, she was unable to walk and she could barely see. “I knew that I was seriously unwell, but I did not dare go to the doctor,” the 23-year-old, now a leading campaigner in China on the issue, told AFP at …

Vietnam has agreed to prioritize Chinese nationals for its latest Covid-19 vaccines following complaint from China, says its embassy in Hanoi. The complaint came after the donation of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China, which arrived on Sunday in Hanoi. According to Vietnam’s health ministry, the doses will be delivered to nine northern provinces for “Vietnamese people living in …

EDC, which stands for The Energy Development Corp., on Friday has listed the first tranche of its P15-billion Asean green bonds shelf registration amounting to P5 billion in the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. This established energy company said the first tranche bonds received strong demand from investors, making the issuance more than 10x oversubscribed. The utilization of the oversubscription …

Former Philippines president “Noynoy” Aquino who is the son of two prominent pro-democracy figures in the Philippines has dies at age 61. According to his family, Aquino had renal disease and is being treated at a hospital in Manila and died on his sleep on Thursday morning. Nakakadurog ng puso ang balitang wala na si PNoy. Mabuti siyang kaibigan at …

ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi applauded the poverty relief exchanges between China and ASEAN for the recovery of the Southeast Asian countries from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a video speech during the 15th ASEAN-China Forum on Social Development and Poverty Reduction held on Tuesday, he noted that the Covid-19 outbreak has been pulling the progress made by …

ASEAN is currently in the face of the worsening regional flash points, from the South China Sea to the crisis in Myanmar. ASEAN has been established since the 1967 to promote regional stability and economic growth. It has never been integrated into powerful community like the European Union and it does not aim to be one as well, however, ASEAN …