From the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources On the night of the onset of the three-day meeting on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Partnership on Food Security (APEC-PPFS), the Philippine government hosted a welcome dinner at the beach front area of the Crown Regency Resort on Boracay Island, Aklan. More than 80 delegates from…
BACOLOD CITY—Insurance Commission Commissioner Emmanuel Dooc on Wednesday stressed the need to have a regional insurance roadmap to sustain the resiliency of the economies and protection of citizens in Asia and the Pacific. In his speech during the opening of the two-day meeting on Disaster Risk Finance – APEC Roadmap for Resilient Economies being held…
BACOLOD CITY—The Insurance Commission is studying a proposed mandatory calamity insurance coverage for residential unit owners and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) eyed to be in place before end-2015. Insurance Commission Chief Emmanuel Dooc, in a briefing at the sidelines of the two-day Disaster Risk Finance – APEC Roadmap for Resilient Economies that started in…
APEC PPP Experts Advisory Council Meeting March 4, 2015 Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay Welcome Remarks of Ms. Cosette V. Canilao Executive Director of the Philippines PPP Center Co-chair of the PPP Experts Advisory Council Meeting A pleasant morning to all. Thank you for taking time to be here today! Together with Ambassador Reeder, co-chair of the…
Welcome remarks of Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. at the APEC – Informal Senior Officials Meeting [Delivered at the Grand Ballroom, Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Makati City, on December 8, 2014] His and Her Excellencies, the members of the Diplomatic Corps, the Senior Officials and delegates of the APEC member economies; fellow officials and workers…