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Category: ASEAN at 50

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    Categories ASEAN at 50 Editor's Pick News

    PH reconciliation with China reduced tension in SCS, good for ASEAN

    By Charmaine C. Deogracias  |  Jan 31, 2017 1:34 PM

    President Rodrigo Duterte’s conciliatory approach toward China has reduced tensions in the South China Sea and is a positive development for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), two foreign policy experts said.

    Reporting ASEAN, South China Sea

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    Categories ASEAN at 50 Commentary

    ASEAN at 50 – and Beyond

    By KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN  |  Jan 09, 2017 3:59 PM

    ASEAN is 50 years old this year. That is a milestone for a loosely constructed regional organization, which five countries created at the height of the Cold War, to have come this far.

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    Categories ASEAN at 50 Editor's Pick News

    ASEAN 2017 bid rules skewed to favor one company?

    By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS  |  Jan 03, 2017 12:43 PM

    When the government bidded out the P2.8 billion events management contract for the 50th anniversary of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations to be held in the Philippines this year, it tailor-made the criteria so that a favored company would bag the deal, a company excluded from the bidding said.

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    Categories ASEAN at 50 Editor's Pick News

    DBM shortcuts bid process for P2.8 billion ASEAN hosting deal

    By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS  |  Jan 02, 2017 12:36 PM

    The Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) has allegedly violated the government procurement law when it bidded out the gargantuan P2.8 billion events management contract for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conferences this year, a company excluded from the bidding said.

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