AIR SERVICE talks have yielded more weekly seat allocations between the Philippines and New Zealand.
Mar 072014
Mar 072014
THE POLICY-making Monetary Board is bullish on the country’s expansion, saying that the Philippines may record “above-trend growth”, but recognized that volatility in financial markets will remain a challenge in the near-term.
Mar 062014
Photo above shows (L-R) Supervisor Zev Yarovsky, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Supervisor Knabe, Consul General De La Vega, Supervisor Gloria Molina and Supervisor Michael Antonovich. Los Angeles. – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors bid farewell to Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega with a presentation of a plaque in recognition of her dedication and leadership in strengthening ties between the Philippines and Southern California during her tenure. The plaque was presented during a Board Meeting held on 04 March 2014 at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration located in downtown Los Angeles.
Mar 052014
BUSINESSMEN from Malaysia and the Philippines have agreed to explore investment opportunities in each other’s palm oil, rubber, infrastructure, and tourism sectors, Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo yesterday said.
Mar 052014
An elderly survivor evacuated from the disaster zone of typhoon Haiyan is wheeled past a V-22 Osprey on tarmac after arriving on a military plane at Villamor Air Base in Manila November 13, 2013. Philippine officials have been overwhelmed by Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons on record, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday and flattened Tacloban, coastal capital of Leyte province where officials had feared 10,000 people died, many drowning in a tsunami-like wall of seawater. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – The House Committee on Health has approved proposals to create the National Center for Geriatric Health, which shall provide a full range of healthcare services, including primary care, wellness services and behavioral healthcare to senior citizens and other older members of the country’s population. Rep. Eufranio Eriguel (2nd District, La Union), committee chairman, directed the committee secretariat to consolidate the approved measures, namely House Bill 2834 authored by him and HB 2357 filed by Rep. Rosenda Ann Ocampo (6th District, Manila). Eriguel, who is a doctor, said the approval was a great move on the part of the panel and expressed hope the proposal will be enacted into law during the 16th Congress. “It’s wonderful. Who is not excited about it?,” he said. Representatives from the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Medical Association (PMA), Philippine College of Geriatric Medicine, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and senior citizens expressed their support for the proposal Read More …
Mar 052014
Photo above shows (L-R) ) Consul General Ma. Hellen Barber De La Vega with Teresa Leelin cutting the ceremonial ribbon officially opening theLeelin Bakery & Café . Los Angeles – Consul General Maria Hellen Barber De La Vega attended the official Opening ceremony of Leelin Bakery & Café branch at Eagle Rock, CA on 25 February 2014. The Leelin Bakery & Café was founded by Manuel and Teresa Leelin of Goldilocks and Eagle Rock branch is the 6th Branch in Southern California. The Leelin family has been in the food business for 37 years specializing in Filipino Cuisine and currently employs over 300 employees. In Consul General De La Vega’s address she noted that the opening of Leelin’s 6th Branch in Eagle Rock coincides with the celebration of the 25th EDSA People Power Revolution and that the Leelin family shares the same vision as EDSA. She also urged the guests to patronize the products of Leelin Bakery because by doing so, they help the farmers in the Philippines. Leelin sources its ingredients from the farmers and fisher folks in the Philippines.
Mar 042014
PRODUCTION of motor vehicles in the Philippines grew by double digits in January but still lagged behind that of other Southeast Asian countries, data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation showed.
Mar 032014
MANILA, Philippines – British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad on Monday said he is looking at a 5-billion-pound (P374 billion) bilateral trade between the United Kingdom (UK) and the Philippines in the next three years. “My minister said I need to make it 5 billion (British pounds) before I leave in three and a half years time. So I need to work really hard,” Ahmad said. Currently, trade between the two countries stands at 1 billion pounds, he said. Ahmad said bBritish companies are looking into investing in retail, energy and infrastructure in the Philippines. ”There is so much more that could come here. That’s why I keep talking about infrastructure. If this country can really get some (infrastructure); and there (are) some big announcements (on infrastructure projects) already. We want more of that. More roads, a serious look at ports, airports, so really we can make it faster to get things that are not here… That requires organization, arrangement of transport,” he said. He added that UK is also in talks with the Philippine government to build bridges in the county. “I think on bridge building, we’re working one very big transaction. It’s a direct discussion we have with the government because the government actually needs to build steel bridges and concrete bridges in damaged areas and other places. And we’re quite involved with that,” he added. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 Ahmad said the British Embassy in the Philippines has a business process Read More …
Mar 022014
This undated handout photo taken by the Philippine Navy and released April 11, 2012, by the Department of Foreign Affairs shows Chinese surveillance ships off Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – Not a single Philippine Coast Guard vessel has been deployed to Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) since Coast Guard ships and their Chinese counterparts faced off in that part of the West Philippine Sea for two weeks in mid-2012. The Inquirer learned this Monday from Cmdr. Armand Balilo, chief of the Coast Guard’s public affairs office, who said, however that the search-and-rescue vessel BRP Corregidor (001) and the buoy tender BRP San Juan (AE-391) were “on standby” at the PCG headquarters in Manila and could be sent to the area “if ordered by the higher-ups.” By higher-ups Balilo was referring to “Malacañang through the DOTC,” not the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which has been tasked by the government to oversee security in the West Philippine Sea. The Coast Guard is now under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transport and Communication. It used to be part of the Philippine Navy. The 540-ton Corregidor is 56 meters long, has a cruising speed of 26 knots and a cruising range of more than 1,000 nautical miles. Built by the Australian shipbuilding firm Tenix, the multirole vessel was commissioned by the PCG in June 2002. It was one of several PCG vessels that ferried relief goods to Eastern Visayas provinces ravaged by Supertyphoon Yolanda in Read More …
Mar 022014
6:02 am | Monday, March 3rd, 2014 KOTA KINABALU—Malaysia’s security forces are closely monitoring information that another leader from Sulu in the Philippines plans to enter Sabah in order to meet with local political figures. Sabah police commissioner Hamza Taib said that should the Sulu leader—whom he did not name—follow the proper channels of entry into Sabah, this would not be a problem. “But if he threatens the security of the state, the police will act accordingly. “At the moment, we are keeping an eye on the individual (a senior leader of a Sulu group), who is planning to come to Malaysia to meet with a political leader. “As far as I am concerned, this individual can enter Malaysia legally as we are a free country and we do not stop people from coming here,” he said. “However, if anyone tries to cause chaos or threaten us, we will not hesitate to take stern action,” he told reporters after launching the second phase of a motorcycle patrolling unit at Taman Suria near Penampang here yesterday. Hamza was commenting on a statement by the inspector general of the police, Khalid Abu Bakar, that a senior leader of a Sulu group was planning to enter Sabah. The Sulu leader reportedly claimed his group was not related to the one led by Agbimuddin Kiram, the brother of the late self-proclaimed Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram, which entered Lahad Datu’s coastal village of Tanduo on Feb. 12 last year, demanding the return of Sabah to Read More …