President Aquino to invite potential investors
to the Philippines during his visit to Myanmar
President Benigno S. Aquino III will once again
invite global business leaders to explore investment opportunities in the
Philippines during his attendance to the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East
Asia in Myanmar.
President Aquino will fly to Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar, on Friday to attend the plenary of the World Economic Forum as well as
to invite the delegates of WEF to the country next year.
The Philippines will be hosting WEF on East Asia
next year.
“As you also know, we are hosting the forum next
year and, by tradition, the incoming host personally invites the delegates to
the summit,” said Secretary Ramon Carandang, head of the Presidential
Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office.
Carandang said that President Aquino will also
have a bilateral meeting with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The President will also meet with business
leaders who are attending the said forum.
“The main reason for attending the forum this
year is to continue to invite foreign investors to come to the Philippines and,
of course, to attract tourists as well,” Carandang said.
“The agenda of the Aquino administration is to
generate inclusive growth and we can do that by inviting investors who can
create jobs and that is the way of sustaining the anti-poverty programs that we
have begun,” he added.
Carandang said the government is hoping to
attract foreign investors from Asian countries. “We’re hoping that those closer
neighbors of ours can be enticed to invest more in the Philippines,” he said.
“Our thrust for the last few years has been
tourism, agriculture, and infrastructure, and we’re hoping that we can get
investors to come in on those three areas in particular,” he said.
President Aquino, together with the Philippine
delegation, will be back in Manila on Friday evening. PND (co)
President Aquino declares June 17 as special
non-working day in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur in celebration of its 65th
Foundation Day
President Benigno S. Aquino III has declared
June 17, which falls on a Monday, as a special (non-working) day in the
municipality of Molave in Zamboanga del Sur in celebration of its 65th
Foundation Day.
The Chief Executive issued the declaration
through Proclamation No. 587 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr.
on May 28, to give the people of Molave the full opportunity to celebrate and
participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.
June 16 marks the 65th Foundation Day of Molave,
the President noted.
The President granted the request of the Office
of the Mayor of Molave to declare June 17 as special (non-working) day in the
municipality instead of June 16, which falls on a Sunday.
Molave served as the capital of Zamboanga
province until it was divided into Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur on
June 6, 1952. The municipality of Molave remained under Zamboanga del Sur.
The City of Pagadian is currently the capital of
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Aquino calls on social workers to work with
government in environmental protection, disaster preparedness and risk
reduction movements
President Benigno S. Aquino III called on social
workers to work together with government in the launching of various movements
for environmental protection, disaster preparedness, and risk reduction.
"To rise to the challenges posed by climate
change, we must build consensus among nations and launch synergized yet locally
relevant movements for environmental protection, disaster preparedness, and
risk reduction," the Chief Executive said in his message to international
social workers organizations on the occasion of the 2013 Asia Pacific Regional
Social Work Conference.
The International Federation of Social Workers
Asian & Pacific Association for Social Work Education, the Philippine
Association of Social Workers, Inc. and the National Association of Social
Work, Inc. opened on Tuesday the 2013 Asia Pacific Regional Social Work
Conference at the Manila Hotel.
The conference which has for its theme
"Social Work Amidst Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management: Building Capacities and Global Partnership" will end on
Thursday.
"Your expertise as agents of social
advancement lends effectiveness to these frameworks, by ensuring that they
complement our localities’ ethno-cultural milieu and correspond to the
particular needs of our communities," the President said.
"May this convention help you actualize
this agenda, and establish long-term commitments to development throughout the
region," he said. PND (js)
