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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Invest on 575 M consumers–Asean 

By Llanesca T. Panti, Reporter

AS the global financial crisis continues to crack the whip on the world’s economies, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is eyeing what has largely been tapped—foreign direct investments (FDI) within the region.

Asean groups the Philippines, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. It has a combined gross domestic product of more than $1.4 trillion.

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Discounted oil price for Asean signed today

HUA HIN, Thailand: Southeast Asian nations are to sign an energy security agreement today that will allow their members to buy oil at a discounted price during times of crisis.

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Right to Reply bill full of loopholes, Pimentel admits

THE controversial “Right to Reply bill” now pending at the House of Representatives is full of loopholes, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., its main author, admitted yesterday.

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DFA confirms terror alert on Saudi s

A FOREIGN embassy in Manila has sought the assistance of Philippine authorities on a terrorism threat to a Middle East-based airlines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed yesterday.

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DEAR PAO
By Persida Acosta

How to change a family name

I grew up with my aunt who is the eldest sister of my mother thinking all the while that my said aunt is my mother. When I was six years old, my aunt told me about my biological parents.

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