ASEAN: Respect Of Int’l Laws Key To Maritime Security

By ROY C. MABASA

October 5, 2012, 10:47pm

MANILA, Philippines — The Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) emphasized the need to respect existing international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and other ASEAN initiated documents, in order to ensure regional maritime security and cooperation.

The declaration was made at the closing of the 3rd ASEAN Maritime Forum held at the historic landmark Manila Hotel which was attended by delegates representing the ten ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Other documents cited by the delegates to the forum that will enhance cross-sectoral maritime cooperation, in line with the activities listed in the ASEAN Political Security Community (APSC) Blueprint, include the 1967 Bangkok Declaration, the Bali Concords, the 1976 Treaty of Amity of Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), and the recent Six-Point Principles on the South China Sea.

In a statement, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Erlinda F. Basilio, who stood as chair of the forum, said the ASEAN Member States highlighted recent concepts and trends on maintaining freedom of navigation and stressed the importance of recent developments in enhancing current cooperation activities aimed at addressing sea piracy on high seas and armed robbery at sea.

According to Basilio, the delegates also exchanged views on the protection of marine environment and promoting eco-tourism and fishery regime in East Asia.

She said the ASEAN member states also identified several best practices of cooperation that are being observed to protect marine resources and bring sustainable growth to communities that can potentially benefit from such cooperative activities.

They also discussed the future work of the ASEAN Maritime Forum by looking at the various recommendations from previous meetings of the AMF and the views shared by delegates and guests experts on cross-cutting maritime issues.

Basilio said the ASEAN Member States likewise recommended that the ASEAN Secretariat conduct a study and make recommendations on the potential institutionalization of the ASEAN Maritime Forum.

Finally, the ASEAN Member States agreed to hold the 4th ASEAN Maritime Forum and the 2nd Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum in 2013.

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Best TitoSen Quotes and Tito Sotto Memes from a Blogger Lang

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Vince Golangco

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When In Manila, we’re not attributing any of the images below since we follow our government officials and they, or at least one of them, say that there is no such thing as plagiarism in the Philippines. So pretty much, we made all these memes below. If you have a problem with that, take it up with the Senate and my Tito.

Joking and sarcasm aside.

In case you’re not familiar, here’s the short version of the story: There is comedian who turned into a Senator in the Philippines who was caught plagiarizing from bloggers, twisting their words and meanings into supporting his supposed divine tasks. Anyway, at first the comedian turned senator denied it on TV and defaced and mocked bloggers, but then his staff admitted to copying, to which the only thing to do would be to apologize, but the comedian turned senator said hell no and kept going, he then stated that there was no such thing as “plagiarism” in the Philippines and his “cheap of staff” stated that even god himself copied when he made us as we are all copies of his image, to which of course the whole internetosphere when ballistic on these claims, then following that the Senator, known now as TitoSen, says he was being “cyber bullied” from the outburst. And then at the end of it all, to prove a point comedian turned TitoSen went back to the senate floor to deliver a speech and prove his point but was caught plagiarizing AGAIN (IKR), well translating, his speech from that of Robert Kennedy that was given in  1966. We assume now that he will deface Kennedy like he did the bloggers and say something like “Why would I copy him, he’s just a Kennedy” (bakit ko kokopyahin yan, Kennedy lang yan) and will state that there are no laws against translation in the Philippines.

Whew. Hope you got all that.

Anyway, here are some of our favorite, and some of the funniest TitoSen memes and photos that came out since the whole “legal plagiarism” thingy. Blogger lang kami…

Sotto Copy

English translation: “Who did I copy from now? That was in Tagalog. Does Kennedy know how to speak Tagalog?” – TitoSen (clueless)

Best TitoSen Quotes and Tito Sotto Memes from a Blogger Lang

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‘Promising future’ forecast for PH

Gov’t says country to enjoy ‘demographic window’ by 2015

By: Michelle V. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

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The Aquino administration said the Philippines was up for a “promising future” that investors should take advantage of, saying there was a good chance the economy would grow more than 7 percent a year for at least 10 years after 2015.

On top of the country’s favorable economic fundamentals, the administration said the so-called “demographic window” that the Philippines would enjoy by 2015 could make the country a good investment destination.

“A promising future lies ahead,” the government said in its latest economic presentation distributed online to foreign sub     scribers, which included businessmen, bankers and economists.

The “demographic window” is the period when the bulk of an economy’s population is of working age. In particular, it is the time when the proportion of the population aged 15 years old and younger falls below 30 percent and when the proportion of the population aged at least 65 years old drops to less than 15 percent.

Such a period should be enticing to businesses because it is when labor supply and income-earning consumers are abundant and an economy becomes more productive.

The Aquino administration said the demographic window would add icing to the cake for investors, citing the favorable macroeconomic indicators, including low inflation, sustained economic growth, a healthy banking sector, and strong remittances from overseas Filipinos that help fuel household consumption.

Citing a study by the United Nations, the government said the Philippines would follow the lead of strong Asian economies that previously entered the demographic window.

“The Philippines is the last major Asian economy to benefit from this demographic dividend, which is typically associated with accelerated economic growth,” the government said.

The country is expected to enjoy a robust growth rate of more than 7 percent over the long term starting 2015, saying some Asian countries, led by Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and China, experienced fast growth rates in the long term following their entry to the demographic window.

Japan entered the demographic window in 1965, Hong Kong and Singapore in 1980, South Korea in 1985, China in 1990 and Thailand in 1995.

Other neighboring countries have entered this window fairly recently. Indonesia and Vietnam did so in 2005, and Malaysia and India in 2010.

The average economic growth rate of selected countries for 10 years following their entry to the demographic window was 7.3 percent, the government said.

The Aquino administration aims to woo more long-term foreign investors into the country in the belief that investments from abroad were necessary to help create more jobs and reduce poverty.

The Philippines continues to lag behind other emerging Asian economies in terms of cornering foreign direct investments (FDIs).

Documents from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas showed that the net inflow of FDIs amounted to $844 million in the first five months of the year. This was up by about 10 percent from $766 million in the same period last year, but was one of the smallest among emerging Asian economies.

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