New free trade zone to benefit China China Daily | Global opportunities to emerge from tariff-free market in Asia | China's top brands could be on the road to becoming global household names after the launch of the $4.5 trillion China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) market, the world's largest free trade zone, according to trade experts. | Despite t...
DUE TO DUBAI WORRIES--> S&T seen critical to Asean integration Malaya BY PAUL ICAMINA | The Philippines needs to get its act together in science and technology in order to keep abreast with neighbors in a very competitive Asean Community in the next five years, a senior official of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) said yesterday. | "The Asean Co...
Brunei Shell fraud: Investigation launched Business Report | The Brunei Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has launched an investigation into allegations of fraud committed by more than 10 senior Brunei Shell Petroleum Company officials, media reports said on Saturday. | The investigation is into "irregular materi...
Brunei launches investigation into fraud at Brunei Shell m&c | Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has launched an investigation into allegations of fraud committed by more than 10 senior Brunei Shell Petroleum Company officials, media reports said Saturday. | The investigation is int...
Stemming the tide and keeping our talent The Star | Every now and then, we hear of friends and relatives leaving for greener pastures abroad. While we are happy that they are moving on, their leaving also leaves a lump in our throats. Last month, the issue of our people leaving was brought up again ...
ASEAN-plus-3 to set up $700 mil. credit guarantee facility for bonds+ Breitbart SINGAPORE, Feb. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japan, China and South Korea have agreed with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to establish a credit guarantee facility, with a trust fund of $700 million, for bonds issued in local currencies, internat...
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As 'shabu' price rises, Ecstasy use up Malaya | By VERA Files | (First of two parts) | The trade in crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" in the Philippines has grown into a P1 billion-a-day industry, but the drug h...
Indonesia Wants China Pact Revised Wall Street Journal By TOM WRIGHT and YAYU YUNIAR | JAKARTA -- Indonesia is hoping to renegotiate a free-trade pact between Southeast Asia and China that took effect this month amid concerns from loca...
Cagayan urged to tap $10-B China-Asean fund The Daily Tribune | 01/29/2010 | Cagayan should tap the $10-billion China-Asean Investment Cooperation Fund which was set up by China last year in preparation for the full establishment of the China-Asean Free Trade Area (Cafta) last Jan. 1, Jack Enrile, economic and ...
Thailand to step up marketing efforts for ASEAN visitors TravelDailyNews REPORT-BRUNEI-ATF 2010: ASEAN arrivals to Thailand comprise the biggest market share of all visitors. Although there was a decline in the first half of 2009 due to the financial crisis and the impact of the H1N1 flu, the number of visitors rebounded ...
Cagayan to tap huge China market for tourism, trade The Daily Tribune | 01/27/2010 | Cagayan is in a unique position to tap into the huge 3 billion Chinese consumer base, Jack Enrile, economic and development consultant to Cagayan and his father, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, said yesterday. | “Tourism should sti...
MPIC, Piltel to form Meralco holding firm The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd. units Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel) plan to put up a new holding company called Newco to consolidate the Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Co. (PLDT) group’s stake in dominant electricity distributor Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). | MPIC said in a ...
Campaign starts at Plaza Miranda The Daily Tribune | MR. EXPOSE | 02/09/2010 | The official campaign period for national candidates starts today with the traditional proclamation rally. The venues are: Joseph “Erap” Estrada-Jojo Binay at Plaza Miranda, Manila with Mayor Lito Atienza. The Noynoy Aquino-Mar Roxas team at Concepcion, Tarlac which covers part of Hacienda Luisita. Manny Villar-Loren Leg...
