Philippines-Burma relations

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Description: About 393,000 results (August 2017)
Source/publisher: Various sources via Youtube
Date of entry/update: 2017-08-23
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: "Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend a summit of leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries in Jakarta this weekend, his spokesman said on Thursday. Duterte will be represented by the country's foreign ministry and will not join because of the face-to-face requirements of the meeting, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in a regular news conference. He did not elaborate on the issues..."
Source/publisher: "Reuters" (UK)
2021-04-22
Date of entry/update: 2021-04-22
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Description: "AYALA CORP. (AC) is investing up to $237.5 million in Myanmar’s Yoma Group, marking the biggest investment by a Philippine company in Myanmar. AC announced the landmark deal in a statement yesterday, where it said it is taking a 20% stake in both of Yoma’s holding companies — Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. and First Myanmar Investment Public Co. Ltd. Yoma Strategic is listed in Singapore and has interests in property development, construction & piling services, project management and design services. First Myanmar Investment, on the other hand, is listed in Myanmar and is in the business of financial services, healthcare, real estate and tourism. AC will become the second-largest shareholder of these two companies, after the Pun family. AC President and Chief Operating Officer Fernando Zobel de Ayala will be nominated to the board of the two companies. AC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala said the partnership with the Yoma Group gives the Philippines’ oldest conglomerate a chance to ride on Myanmar’s growth trajectory..."
Source/publisher: "BusinessWorld" (New Delhi)
2019-11-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-17
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Description: Foreign Secretary Romulo Says Philippines Position ?Very Clear”... "...Political disquiet within Southeast Asia about Burma?s assumption of the chairmanship of Asean at the end of 2006 is particularly strong in the Philippines. But where does the Manila government stand on the issue? The Irrawaddy interviewed Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo on this issue, and others now occupying his government… Question: Singapore?s foreign minister George Yeo and the President of the Philippine Senate, Franklin Drilon, are among those opposed to Burma taking over the chairmanship of Asean at the end of 2006. What is the policy position of the Philippines on the issue? Answer: The Philippines? position has been very clear, repeated by President Arroyo in various Asean forums...Hanoi, Vientiane, Jakarta [and during] the visit of Burma?s Prime Minister Soe Win [to the Philippines] last month. We believe the roadmap to democracy should be followed. We urge that in that roadmap to democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi be released and that the NLD [take part in] the all-inclusive party convention. We have urged them to consider the request of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for his special envoy Ismael Razali to be received and invited in Myanmar. So these are points that we have been stressing..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 4
2005-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2006-04-27
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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