The ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection (ACCP) has launched the ACCP Website (www.aseanconsumer.org) that will serve as the main reference point for consumers on banned or recalled products.
The ruling Democrat Party has not yet decided on its presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2014 general elections, according to party chairman Anas Urbaningrum.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has offered to provide 144 million U.S. dollars aid to Myanmar to implement a three-year project starting 2013, official media reported Friday.
Businessmen are keen on the country’s plan for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is led by the United States, and urged the government to conduct more information campaign about this new trading bloc.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “has formally proposed to the UN General Assembly that it extend the appointment of Ms. Navanethem Pillay, UN high commissioner for human rights, for a two-year period,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Monday.
The United States tried Tuesday to allay disappointment among some Japanese over its approach toward Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago.
Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik has called for ending “male-centered prejudices” against women, stressing Wednesday that women are a key workforce in South Korea’s aging society and female entrepreneurs have proven highly competent.
Malacañang has intervened to avert the five-day pork and chicken holiday this weekend and called on the Departments of Finance (DoF)and Agriculture (DA), and the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to sit down with the hog and poultry growers in a six-hour emergency meeting on Monday.
Trade ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are scheduled to meet here Saturday to discuss trilateral trade issues.
An official of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank hailed the increase to US$ 240 billion of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multi-lateralization and to 30 percent the funds available to International Monetary Fund de-linked portion.
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