BIMP to implement $1B infra projects Inquirer | THE PHILIPPINES has agreed to carry out with Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia—known as a group as BIMP—12 priority infrastructure projects worth about $1 billion over the next two years. | These projects, mainly related to transport systems and cross-border interconnection of power facilities, will ...
PCG leads seminar on HNS Journal Online By: Efren Montano THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has renewed its commitment to ensure “safer ships, and cleaner seas and oceans’ as it led the staging of the two day seminar on Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) at the Diamond Hotel, Roxas Blvd. | | Coast Guard com...
Malaysia hailed as one of council's renowned member The Star | LONDON: International Maritime Organisation (IMO)'s newly-elected president Georg Boomgaarden has hailed Malaysia as one of the organisation's cornerstones. | He said Malaysia was an active and renowned member which had shown a lot of engagements, ...
Malaysia hailed for maritime achievements The Star | LONDON: International Maritime Organisation (IMO)'s newly-elected president Georg Boomgaarden has hailed Malaysia as one of the organisation's cornerstones. | He said Malaysia was an active and renowned member which had shown a lot of engagements, ...
Hubline raises RM124mil for expansion The Star | PETALING JAYA: Container and dry bulk shipping company Hubline Bhd has, via a recent corporate exercise, successfully raised RM124mil to be partly used in its expansion plan. | Its rights issue of up to 621,676,421 new 20 sen shares at an issue pri...
BIMP to implement $1B infra projects Inquirer | THE PHILIPPINES has agreed to carry out with Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia—known as a group as BIMP—12 priority infrastructure projects worth about $1 billion over the next two years. | These projects, mainly related to transport systems and cross...
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Indonesian Ferry Sinks; 29 Dead, Some 240 Rescued India TV | Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for a dozen passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm. Officials say 245 surv...
New North Harbor execs vow jump in Manila trade The Daily Tribune | 11/23/2009 | Officials of the newly formed consortium that will operate and modernize the Manila North Harbor are expecting economic activity to turn brisk starting next year. | ...
Indonesian ferry sinks, 292 rescued The Himalayan | JAKARTA: Four people were killed and another 292 were plucked to safety after a ferry sank in heavy seas off Indonesia's Sumatra island today, a maritime official said. | Sea tra...
Gov’t got raw deal from Malampaya, says JPE The Daily Tribune | By Angie M. Rosales | 11/26/2009 | The government should renegotiate the Malampaya joint venture agreement with two multinational oil giants on the exploitation of natural gas reserves in Palawan because of disadvanta-geous provisions in it when th...
How crude: Small and large oil companies in Russia and the foreign investment climate The Examiner | Attempting to reinvigorate Russian-American business dialogue, develop bilateral energy cooperation and prospects for expanding Chevron’s investment and corporate presence in the Russian market, the Counselor for International Strategy ...
5 foreigners on dive tour, 6 others rescued as boat capsizes off Leyte island Inquirer | MAASIN CITY, Philippines—Eleven persons, including five foreigners, were rescued by the crew of two fishing vessels several hours after their boat capsized at 8 a.m. Tuesday off Limasawa, Southern Leyte, at the height of Tropical Depression "Urduja...
Unicef's state of the world's children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow up? The Guardian | Unicef's 2009 state of the world's children report tells us what it's like to grow up in the poorest - and richest - places in the world. Find out which is which | • | • | Unicef's state of the world's children report 2009: Impoverished child living in a cave in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images | A UN official co...
Qatar Airways service a boost for Johor-based manufacturers The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd (SATS) recently entered into an agreement with Qatar Airways for the airline to provide air freight services out of Senai Airport, Johor. | SATS is the owner of the Senai Airport. | SATS chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman said the routes served by the airline would be a boost...
