by magnolia_eic | Sep 2, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has appointed advertising exec Ramon “Mon” Jimenez Jr. as the new Tourism Secretary.
Jimenez, replaced business mogul Alberto Lim, whose resignation became effective yesterday, August 31.
He has spent most of his professional career as writer, creative director, or executive for the country’s top advertising agencies, even founding and serving as chief executive officer of Jimenez Basic.
Before his appointment, he was Joint Chief Executive Officer and Senior Consultant at Winning Over Obstacles (WOO) Consultancy, sharing his expertise with a number of successful corporations.
Secretary Jimenez has worked as a Journalism and Marketing Communications instructor in some of the country’s most renowned universities, and is a sought-after lecturer for many successful corporations such as the San Miguel Corporation and the Jollibee Group.
He graduated Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines.
Aquino expects Jimenez to surpass what Lim achieved in the Tourism office. He said he wanted improvement in the tourism campaign of the DOT to attract more tourists and further promote the country. (End)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 31, 2011 | Business, Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 31 (PIA)– GI-AGHAT ni Presidente Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ang mga negosyante sa China nga pahimoslan ang kahigayonan ug dalhon na ang ilang mga negosyo sa Pilipinas sa dili pa ang tuig 2015.
Sa iyang mensahe atubangan sa 500 ka mga negosyante kalabot sa Philippines-China Trade Forum, miingon ang Presidente nga pag-abot sa tuig 2015, mahimo’ng Northern gateway na ang Pilipinas sa higayon nga matukod ang ASEAN Economic Community.
Matud pa sa Presidente, karon ang tukmang panahon samtang bag-o na ang administrasyon sa Pilipinas ug mas mayo nga magtukod og negosyo.
“We want even more of our people to work with you towards partnerships that are mutually beneficial: After all, by 2015, with the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community, the Philippines will be the Northern gateway to the region. The time to open that gateway, together, is now,” matud pa ni Presidente Aquino.
Giingon’g nakipag-tambayayong na ang DILG ug DTI sa mga governors ug uban pang local officials aron mohimo og mga ordinansa nga tukma sa nasudnong balaod aron mapadali ang pagnegosyo sa mga lalawigan.
Dungan niini, nagpasalamat ang Presidente sa mga negosyanteng Chinese sa ilang mga investments sa Pilipinas ilabi na alang sa development sa Mindanao region.
Partikular na niini ang naa sa $23 milyon nga gibubo sa public work projects sa rehiyon nga may potential mahimong ‘food basket’ sa nasud.
“As I speak, these projects, worth 12 and 11 million dollars respectively, are currently being undertaken; and both are expected to be completed in 2013.These projects are only two examples of the enthusiasm that results from partnerships between our countries,” dugang pa sa Presidente. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 31, 2011 | Business, Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III’s first state visit to the People’s Republic of China is expected to generate about $2-billion to $7-billion worth of investments from various Chinese companies in support of the public-private partnership (PPP) projects of the administration.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Cristino Panlilio gave this ‘ballpark figure’in an interview he granted with the members of the media at the Traders Hotel here, early Tuesday evening, hours before President Aquino arrived.
Panlilio was firm and positive about the ‘serious investments’ the government would get from various Chinese companies which would likely go to mining, infrastructure, energy, ship building, and the agri-business sectors.
Panlilio said there are Chinese mining firms that have expressed interests in joint ventures with Filipino companies given the country’s richness in major minerals such as gold deposits, copper, nickel, and chromite.
Panlilio also cited significant improvements made by the Aquino administration towards preventing corruption in the government based on the latest assessment made by the World Bank which could increase the level of confidence investors have in the country.
The DTI executive pointed out that President Aquino’s state visit to China has become so significant given the ‘historic high’ number of business delegation (250) that decided to get involved in this presidential trip.
“We’ve never had a business delegation as big as this in the history of presidential trips abroad and what is significant about this trip is that there was so much interest—and, of course, this is KKB (kanya-kanyang bayad). Nobody is in for a free ride here. All [members] of the business delegation are putting good money to be here in support of the President’s drive, you know, for business and trade promotion,” Panlilio said.
by magnolia_eic | Aug 26, 2011 | Headlines, National News
THE Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday that at least six agreements will be signed during President Benigno S. Aquino III’s five-day State Visit to the People’s Republic of China from August 30 to September 3, 2011.
Assistant Secretary of the DFA’s Office Asia and Pacific Affairs Cristina Ortega said that these agreements will be signed during the business fora and meetings the President will be having with Chinese business leaders in the different cities he will be visiting.
The three cities the President will visit are Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen.
Ortega said the agreements include the Joint Statement (PH-PROC) on the West Philippine Sea, the Philippines-China Five-Year Development Program for Trade and Economic Cooperation, an MoU between the PCOO and State Council Information Office on Friendly Exchanges, an MoU on Sports Cooperation, Implementing Program on the MoU on Tourism and Exchange of Letters on
the Executive Program of the Philippines-China Cultural Agreement.
On the Joint Statement on the West Philippine Sea, Ortega said that the document will be released but only after the State Visit.
“We will have a Joint Statement of the Philippines and China (on the West Philippine Sea)…that will be crafted during and right after the State Visit to China so hindi pa natin alam yan. I don’t think we can preempt the Joint Statement but I would assume that there would be a line or two on the West Philippine Sea,” Ortega said.
On the Philippine-China Five-Year Development Program for Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ortega said the targeted sectors of this program are in infrastructure, mining, energy, information and tourism. (End)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 26, 2011 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has appointed former Rep. Juan Romeo Nereus “Neric” Acosta of Bukidnon province as presidential adviser for environmental protection.
Acosta, a member of the Liberal Party, took his oath of office as presidential adviser for environmental protection before President Aquino in Malacanan Palace on Wednesday.
Acosta, who served as representative for the first district of Bukidnon, is the principal author of the Clean Air Act. He also sponsored major environmental legislation on clean water, solid waste management and biodiversity protection.
He also served as the House of Representative’s chairman of the Committee on Ecology and vice chairman of the Committees on Science and Technology, Human Rights, and Foreign Relations.
Acosta ran but lost in senatorial race in May 2010 national elections. (End)
