Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will officially launch in a ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 15 at SMX Lanang Premier Hall in this city.
Madame Abe arrived around 10:00 am. She was accompanied by Honeylet Avanceña, the common-law wife of President Rodrigo Duterte and members of the Japan Philippines Volunteer Association.
The government’s key economic officials pitched in several points to entice Japanese investors during the Philippines-Japan Business Forum held at the Waterfront Insular Hotel on Friday, this city.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport here Thursday night as part of his two-day state visit in the country.
Senator Leila de Lima has called on Senator Richard Gordon to probe the “extreme problem of congestion” in the country’s jails and penitentiaries.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his wife, first lady Akei Abe, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, around 2:50 pm Thursday afternoon aboard a Japanese Airforce plane.
A fire of still unknown origin gutted out an estimate of P3 million worth of properties on Thursday afternoon inside the soon to open mall of Gaisano Capitol in Barangay Mintal here.
President Rodrigo Duterte has finally approved the P1,000 increase in the pension of retired Social Security System (SSS) members. But the increase goes with a corresponding 1.5 percent contribution hike come May 2017.
The city council here approved under suspended rules Tuesday another P3 million cash assistance to three more provinces in Luzon that suffered from Typhoon Nina last December 2016.
The Department of Trade and Industry hit almost 200 percent of its 2016 target number of Negosyo Centers that aim to support micro, small and medium enterprises.
