13 countries meet in bid to save wild tigers The News & Observer | HUA HIN, Thailand -- Efforts to save the wild tiger are at a critical point and it will take greater political will and cooperation from Asian countries to prevent the big cats from becoming extinct, conservationists and the World Bank warned Wednesday. | The dire message was offered to 13 tiger r...
World Bank aims to earn stripes through tiger summit Asia Times | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | BANGKOK - An international campaign to save the tiger, one of Asia's iconic wild animals, has been chosen as the place for the World Bank to earn its stripes as an institution keen on joining the ranks of conservationists. | Senior officials from the international financi...
Cagayan urged to tap $10-B China-Asean fund The Daily Tribune | 01/29/2010 | Cagayan should tap the $10-billion China-Asean Investment Cooperation Fund which was set up by China last year in preparation for the full establishment of the China-Asean Free Trade Area (Cafta) last Jan. 1, Jack Enrile, economic and ...
13 countries craft plan to save tigers Denver Post | Click photo to enlargeIn this photo taken Jan. 20, 2010, two adult male tigers look on at Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno Forest Monastery in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. The monastery and its Buddhist Monks dedicated to what has become a wildlife sanc...
13 countries meet in bid to save wild tigers The News & Observer | HUA HIN, Thailand -- Efforts to save the wild tiger are at a critical point and it will take greater political will and cooperation from Asian countries to prevent the big cats from becoming extinct, conservationists and the World Bank warned Wedne...
Cagayan to tap huge China market for tourism, trade The Daily Tribune | 01/27/2010 | Cagayan is in a unique position to tap into the huge 3 billion Chinese consumer base, Jack Enrile, economic and development consultant to Cagayan and his father, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, said yesterday. | “Tourism should sti...
World Bank aims to earn stripes through tiger summit Asia Times | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | BANGKOK - An international campaign to save the tiger, one of Asia's iconic wild animals, has been chosen as the place for the World Bank to earn its stripes as an institution keen on joining the ranks of conservationists....
Save the tiger: Pressure mounts for tougher action The News & Observer | HUAI KHA KHEANG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, Thailand -- After trudging through the wilds of western Thailand for several hours, the forest rangers thought they were finally onto something: the distant sound of crunching leaves. | Automatic weapons drawn, t...
China's free-trade shot in Asia's arm Asia Times | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | BANGKOK - China and, initially, six of its Asian neighbors enacted the world's largest free trade area at the start of the year. Billed as a welcome boost for the economies of its Asian partners, some analysts also see it ...
RP sees P9B in losses from free trade deals Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--Free trade agreements with large neighboring markets that took effect starting Jan. 1 and provide for the gradual removal of tariffs will pare off up to P9 billion from government revenues this year. | Finance Secretary Margari...
The China-Asean Free Trade Area: Propaganda and Reality Inquirer | ON JAN. 1, 2010, the China-Asean Free Trade Area (Cafta) went into effect. Touted as the world's biggest Free Trade Area, CAFTA is billed as having 1.7 million consumers, with a combined gross domestic product of $ 2 trillion and total trade of $ 1...
Top 10 economic forecasts China Daily | Editor's Note: Since the beginning of 2008, China's GDP growth has shown a perfect "V" shape, indicating a solid recovery from the global economic slump. There is no doubt that China has achieved the goal of 8 percent GDP growth in 2009, but how wi...
