Build middle class, Senator Angara tells UP grads
By Cathy C. YamsuanLike the ilustrados of the 1800s, the middle class is emerging as a potent force in the Philippines’ social transformation.
Like the ilustrados of the 1800s, the middle class is emerging as a potent force in the Philippines’ social transformation.
The Supreme Court gave the go-signal to pursue graft case against the supplier of the alleged overpriced lamppost for the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in 2007.
If all goes well, by 2015, the 11 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), including the Philippines, will have transformed themselves into a “borderless” region where there is free movement of capital, investment, goods, services and skilled labor.
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, has been discharged from a hospital following a brain-related blockage, but he remains under doctors’ observation.
Calling it an “unqualified step forward,” a regional antitobacco group on Friday lauded the Philippines’ enactment of a “sin tax” reform law, but warned of renewed efforts by the tobacco industry to evade the law.
Cambodian Prime Minister and ASEAN chairman Hun Sen urged North Korea Monday to scrap a planned rocket launch, saying it would bring “fear and tension” to the region.
As the show of unity within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations appeared to crumble, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Asian leaders to rein in tensions, saying there was no reason to risk an escalation of their territorial disputes.
Suffering from the sniffles, President Benigno Aquino III admitted he was not in his best condition as he attended meeting after meeting at the 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related assemblies here.
Suffering from the sniffles, President Aquino admitted he was not in his best condition as he attended meeting after meeting at the 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related meetings here.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will take part in a Southeast Asian meeting in Cambodia from Sunday that will include President Barack Obama and regional leaders, which comes as China is locked in territorial disputes with its neighbors.
It’s only a two-day affair but the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit involves a mind-boggling amount of preparation and talk, requiring on average four meetings for each day of the year.
Southeast Asian leaders plan to adopt a human rights declaration aimed at fighting torture and illegal arrests in a region notorious for violations, despite criticism that the pact falls short of international standards.
The Philippine government and businessmen are encouraged to prepare the country’s industries for the coming integration of the Southeast Asian countries by 2015 through the ASEAN Economic Community 2015 (AEC 2015). They need to prepare these industries so that they could compete and maximize the opportunities when the integration would happen, said Asian Development Bank [...]
