Aung San Suu Kyi pushes for women entrepreneurial empowerment; keeps mum on Rohingya
MANILA - There is a "somewhat reprehensible" Burmese saying, according to Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, that goes, "You must treat your...
ASEAN SME Program aims to nudge small enterprises from survival to sustainable
The ASEAN Mentorship for Entrepreneurs Network, or AMEN, might just mean answered prayers to micro, small, and medium enterprises around Southeast Asia as it...
LOOK | Canada’s dashing PM Trudeau turns heads as he stops by Jollibee in...
Within hours after his arrival Sunday to attend the ASEAN and related summits, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped by an outlet of the...
As ASEAN claimant-countries weigh his offer to mediate on SCS, Trump arrives in PH
United States President Donald Trump arrived in the Philippines late Sunday afternoon on the fourth leg of his Asian tour, for the events related to the 31st ASEAN Summit and other meetings, and the regional bloc's celebration of its 50th founding anniversary.
AMEN; PROSPERITY FOR ALL | Duterte promises to pour “billions” into MSMEs next year
President Rodrigo Duterte has promised to pour billions of government funds into micro, small, and medium enterprises next year, after collecting "billions of taxes"...
India’s PM Modi joining other ASEAN dialogue partners in Manila summits
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at 4:25 p.m. Sunday to attend the ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits.
WEEKEND CHEF | Recipe: Fried ‘bisugo’ with homemade Asian-style sauce
Add a twist to your usual fried fish by adding your own sweet-spicy sauce—made according to your taste, of course.
Russia’s PM Medvedev flies in to attend summits
The plane carrying Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 3:38 p.m. Sunday. Prime Minister Medvedev was welcomed by Department...
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In arrives at NAIA for summit
The South Korean President Moon Jae-In flew in Sunday afternoon to a somewhat subdued arrival, his flight touching down at Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
Brunei’s Bolkiah arrives in PH for ASEAN meetings
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 2:58 p.m. Sunday and was to join nine other heads of state of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.
Vietnam’s PM Phuc rounds out ASEAN members’ arrivals for summits
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived Sunday afternoon at Clark International Airport, the last ASEAN leader to arrive in the country for the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, coinciding with the 50th founding anniversary of the regional bloc.
PM Turnbull of Australia, key ally in Marawi siege, flies in via Clark for...
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's plane landed at 4:18 p.m. Sunday at Clark International Airport, where most of the world leaders attending the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits touched down before proceeding to Manila for the main events.
Trump misspells ‘Phillipines,’ but hey, Filipinos got their country’s name wrong as well
Even the United States President has struggled with the word "Philippines," which he misspelled just two days after embarrassed Filipino officials had to take down a welcome banner that got their country's name wrong.
Japan’s PM Abe arrives in PH for ASEAN-related summits
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flew into the Philippines' capital region Sunday (Nov. 12) afternoon to attend a series of dialogues with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
LAGOT KA! | Actress-beauty queen Isabel Lopez breaches ASEAN lanes, brags about it
Transport authorities are readying sanctions against former beauty queen Maria Isabel Lopez, who removed orange cone barriers installed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to set apart the ASEAN Lanes, and then bragged about her infraction.