Just slightly over a week long, the first Asia-Pacific raised American President Barrack Obama, born in Hawaii who spent a bit of his youth growing up in the region and perhaps with one of but just a few to spend more than a little time in the region. Concluded a week long trip across the worlds largest consumer market. Also the world manufacturing center.
President Obama in his weekly video address says that his travels were meant to secure help for the economy. “As we emerge from the worst recession in …

Philippine officials, looking for a preview of what President Obama’s state department secretary Hillary Clinton, can expect to be asking for from them and ASEAN can be culled from her comments in Europe.”Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged America’s European allies to mobilize the same energy and values that won the Cold War to tackle contemporary problems,”  This includes, “terrorism and climate change.”
In Manila (November 12-13), the Secretary will hold consultations with senior Filipino officials, highlighting the U.S.-Philippines treaty alliance.
Returning to Singapore, the Secretary will join President Obama for the …

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said the south east Asian country welcomes Secretary Hillary Clinton visit the Philippines on for two days on Novemeber 12th and 13th before the APEC Summit in Singapore that lasts until the 19th.
Secretary Clinton’s first visit to the Philippines as U.S. Secretary of State will be meeting with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her Philippine counterpart Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto G. Romulo in what has been called closed door discussions.
Secretary Romulo says: “This visit by Secretary Clinton is a good …

In a rare alert on livestock and household pets as well as vermin the world health organization is raising an alarm that the dreaded N1H1 vrius may also be carried by the animals we love and some we hate.
In the report , called a GAR or global alert and response released Friday dated November 5th, from the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland says the possibility of the Influenza H1N1 being found in Animals has raised concerns for the health organizations epidemiologists.
This early people should be aware that at least in three instance …

This quick video guide from Yahoo SE Asia is well done and put together it is from a video demo of the automated election counting system which will be used in 2010 to record election results in the automated counting and election of may of next year.
Good and informative – perhaps more information drives like this can be shown in order to show how the system works. Those in some areas like ARMM might be familiar with similar systems used in the past.
Quick Guide to the Automated Elections @ Yahoo! …

New lawyers prefer the private sector and not government service because of low salary. This is the reason, according to Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, why only few lawyers can be found at the prosecutorial department of the Department of Justice and the Public Attorneys Office (PAO). Devanadera said there are more than 500 vacant positions for lawyers at the DOJ at the moment yet only few lawyers have expressed their intention to serve in the government.
Devanadera said the government can initially offer to interested parties is only P22,000 per month salary which …

Amidst new announcements showing the extent of damge to agriculture alone topping 24 Billion Pesos, Thailand Sunday made a gesture to help out the Philippine agriculture department with a large donation of rice for feeding programs and stockpiles for the National Food Authority.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Saturday (Oct. 24, 2009) received Thailand’s commitment to donate 620 metric tons of rice for the victims of typhoons ”Ondoy” and ”Pepeng.”
During the working lunch of the 10 ASEAN heads of state and government, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva handed the Philippine President a …

Disturbing Report raises fears of a repeat of Typhoon Parma’s shifting and course changes as the Typhoon Ramil (Lupit) goes into a parked or stationary mode off of the Northern Philippines. Hemmed in by a low pressure area to the south and high pressure area to the North the reports of flooding in the Northern Philippines region of Cagayan and Isabela province as well as Abra and Ilocos regions continue.
Albeit, this time with resources pledged and relief supplies and personnel stockpiled and or pre-positioned.
As of the 7pm report no …

Hairstylist Ricky Reyes supports GMA’s job creation project for typhoon victims
A famous hairstylist has thrown his support behind the effort of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to help typhoon victims get back on their feet. Ricky Reyes, president of the Filipino Hairdressers Cooperative (FilHairCoop), said his group is holding training courses for interested residents displaced by the flooding brought by Ondoy in Metro Manila and Pepeng in Northern Luzon.
A total of 10,000 young men and women will benefit from the program in Region 1, Region 2, and the Cordillera Autonomous Region. President …

The Philippine National Disaster and Coordinating Council has issued a alert Saturday afternoon in Manila as a new Typhoon Ramil, aka Lupit its international name, entered the Philippine areas of responsibility.
The New storn which formed off of the Marianas Islands is moving westward towards the Islands of Luzon in the Philippine Sea on a path that was forecast to take it towards northern and central Luzon Island.
Lupit — a word meaning cruel or severe — intensified and is now a typhoon and on Saturday forecasters say the storm based on …