ASEAN SUMMIT in CEBU

[grabehbebe]

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DFA Secretary cites the 2 Priorities on the coming ASEAN Summit. He mentioned that the Counterterrorism programs and the security of the migrant workers are at first hand in the summit.

He added that we will be leading (5) initiatives which includes : strengthening of regional security with the adoption of a convention and declaration of counterterrorism; protection of basic rights of migrant workers through a declaration on the rights and protection of migrant workers; cooperation in energy security by holding an energy summit to address concerns over rising oil prices; protection and promotion of biodiversity and sustainable development through the Asean center for biodiversity; and to work on the declaration on the framework of the Asean charter.

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Let's be positive lang bai.. :mrgreen:

[ReconGunny]

@thnx for the input bai^^

@recongunny..let's try to be positive lang bai. :mrgreen:

kung magpa terrorize ta aning mga terrorista musamot ni sila ug gara..haha

aways positive man gyud angay... pero mas maayu vigilant and wary... heheh!!!

[weedmeister2]

aways positive man gyud angay... pero mas maayu vigilant and wary... heheh!!!

OT: hehehe, unsaon pag vigilant og wary bai? you're always drunk...! hahahahah joke joke... nice drinking last weekend eh...?

[ReconGunny]

OT: hehehe, unsaon pag vigilant og wary bai? you're always drunk...! hahahahah joke joke... nice drinking last weekend eh...?

nah i'll leave it to the authorities... hehehe!!! hell yeah zu... nice seein you again.. reagards pud ko nila tanan.. heheh!!!

[tolstoi]

Summit to bring more Asean visitors to Cebu

Host

Asean groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Cebu is the host of this year’s Asean Leaders’ Summit, which will be held in December. The Asean Inter-Parliamentary Organization is also meeting at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel.

According to the DOT report, Cebu had 5,484 visitors from the Asean for the first seven months of the year.

The number is an improvement to the 5,033 visitors in the same period last year.

The bulk of Cebu’s foreign visitors came from East Asia accounting for about 66.25 percent of the pro-vince’s total arrivals for the same period.

Top market

About 87,730 of the 172,502 East Asians came from Korea, Cebu’s top market while 67,529 tourists flew in from Japan.

The rest of the tourists are from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

The number of Korean visitors in Cebu for the said period increased 20.12 percent from the same period last year.

Koreans have been Cebu’s top tourist market since Japan forbade, through a travel advisory, its citizens to travel to the Philippines in 2001.

But tourism stakeholders in Cebu have continued to exert efforts to win back the confidence of the Japanese, saying the province’s tourism industry earns more from this market than from Koreans, who prefer to do business with their fellowmen.

Increase

Visitors from the Americas, which include Canada and the United States, increased 26.12 percent to 34,862 from 27,643 in the same period last year.

Tourists from Europe increased 28.59 percent to 26,027 from 20,240 last year.

Tourists from Germany topped the list accounting for about 2.21 percent or 5,763 visitors followed by those from the United Kingdom with 5,423.

Cebu also had 3,067 visitors from Switzerland and about 1,000 each from France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

Cebu’s total number of foreign visitors increased 15.84 percent to 260,377.

Total domestic travelers also increased 7.21 percent to 449,778 during the period. (JBN)

[tolstoi]

About 87,730 of the 172,502 East Asians came from Korea, Cebu’s top market while 67,529 tourists flew in from Japan.

Let's give a warm greetings to our Korean and Japanese friends

[weedmeister2]

I have this weird fantasy of having a threesome &*#-a-thone with a lovely korean twin..how bout yu guys =)

hehehehe, your greeting is very very warm bai... hehehehehe :mrgreen:

[tolstoi]

hehehehe, your greeting is very very warm bai... hehehehehe :mrgreen:

i have no idea where I posted that one

[M@rv|n]

About 87,730 of the 172,502 East Asians came from Korea, Cebu’s top market while 67,529 tourists flew in from Japan.

Let's give a warm greetings to our Korean and Japanese friends

not all koreans :P hehehe

[M@rv|n]

Cebu City gets P6.4M traffic signs, lights

Major roads at the North Reclamation Area will have new road signs and upgraded traffic signal facilities soon, in preparation for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in December.

The City Council approved last Wednesday the appropriation of P8.4 million for the geometric improvement and repair of traffic signal facilities, upgrading and fabrication of road signs and installation of road railings.

For the 117 road signs alone, the City will spend some P900,000, as these will be made of high-intensity grade steel sheets.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb...ns.lights.html