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The ASEAN Secretariat hosted the fourth meeting of the ASEAN-US Joint Cooperation Committee on Wednesday, which was held in conjunction with celebration of the 35th Anniversary of ASEAN-US Dialogue Relations, according to a statement of the ASEAN Secretariat.

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The United States government is renewing its focus on Southeast Asia, but it is not a part of the efforts to contain China, former US ambassador to China said at the first Meeting of the ASEAN-US Eminent Persons Group (EPG) in Manila today.

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The United States has committed to assist the Philippines in fighting terrorism, particularly in dealing with bus bombings and investigating bomb explosions.

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By next week, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority will start directly distributing  between 15,000 to 20,000 bags of NFA rice a day to poor families with less than P152 a day to spend for food.

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But she said during an hour-long panel discussion at the World Economic Forum that the regional bloc was committed to face the challenges of crafting a mini-constitution.
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The leaders signed a blueprint endorsing the recommendations of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG), composed of veteran diplomats from across the region, for ASEAN’s first-ever charter. The charter would reject "unconstitutional and undemocratic changes in government."
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EAGA includes the entire sultanate of Brunei Darussalam; 10 provinces in the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Irian Jaya; Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan in Malaysia; and Mindanao and Palawan in the Philippines.
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The Southeast Asian bloc’s first-ever legally binding agreement on counter-terrorism is one of several key deals due to be signed during the Jan. 11 to 15 meetings.

ASEAN is also expected to announce a blueprint for establishing the group’s charter and try to move up plans for a regional free-trade zone by 2015.
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The United States government is renewing its focus on Southeast Asia, but it is not a part of the efforts to contain China, former US ambassador to China said at the first Meeting of the ASEAN-US Eminent Persons Group (EPG) in Manila today.

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The United States has committed to assist the Philippines in fighting terrorism, particularly in dealing with bus bombings and investigating bomb explosions.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 58800 [Title] => Palay harvest seen to reach DA target of 7.3 million MT [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 55688 [Title] => DA, mayors to supply NFA rice to poor [Summary] =>

By next week, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority will start directly distributing  between 15,000 to 20,000 bags of NFA rice a day to poor families with less than P152 a day to spend for food.

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But she said during an hour-long panel discussion at the World Economic Forum that the regional bloc was committed to face the challenges of crafting a mini-constitution.
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The leaders signed a blueprint endorsing the recommendations of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG), composed of veteran diplomats from across the region, for ASEAN’s first-ever charter. The charter would reject "unconstitutional and undemocratic changes in government."
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379749 [Title] => Open skies pact among BIMP-EAGA countries forged [Summary] => CEBU — The Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) agreed yesterday to an "open skies" policy to spur tourism and development in the places covered by the sub-grouping.

EAGA includes the entire sultanate of Brunei Darussalam; 10 provinces in the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Irian Jaya; Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan in Malaysia; and Mindanao and Palawan in the Philippines.
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The Southeast Asian bloc’s first-ever legally binding agreement on counter-terrorism is one of several key deals due to be signed during the Jan. 11 to 15 meetings.

ASEAN is also expected to announce a blueprint for establishing the group’s charter and try to move up plans for a regional free-trade zone by 2015.
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