March 2018

22 March 2018 – Rear Admiral Joel S. Garcia, Deputy Commandant for Administration of the Philippine Coast Guard and Executive Director of the National Coast Watch Center (NCWC) under the Office of the President, was elected as Chairman of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) for […]

On 10 March 2018, Ateneo de Manila University History Professor Stephanie Marie R. Coo, PhD served as one of the lecturers in the symposium on the “Politics of Dress in Premodern Southeast Asia” at Yale-NUS College. Ms. Coo’s lecture drew the attention of the audience as she examined the influences and meanings of Philippine Ilustrado

20 March 2018 – Ms. Cherrie De Erit Atilano, Founding Farmer, CEO and President of AGREA Agricultural Systems International, Inc. emerged as the winner of the Women of the Future (WOF) Southeast Asia Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The WOF recognizes women under the age of 35 that have made a difference in nine different areas.

In celebration of the International Women’s Month, the Philippine Embassy organized a lecture for the members of the Filipino Community in Singapore on “The Women in Rizal’s Life and How They Shaped a National Hero” which was held on 17 March 2018 at the Bayanihan Center’s Sentro Rizal. Dr. Ambeth Ocampo, renowned Filipino historian, academic,

The Philippines was one of the participating ASEAN countries in the Chingay @Heartland 2018 celebration, with a cultural performance and  a booth at the bazaar featuring Philippine products. The Higaunon Tribe Cultural Dance, a Filipino Community dance group, performed a Higaunon Tribal Dance, an ethnic dance from the northern and central regions of Mindanao best

On 2 March 2018, Ambassador Joseph Del Mar Yap led the oathtaking of the officers of Ateneo Alumni Association of the Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship-Singapore Chapter (AAALSE-SG) at the Philippine Embassy. This   AAALSE-SG is the pioneering Ateneo-LSE Alumni Association whose term shall run from year 2018 to 2019.

13 March 2018 – Ms. Nina Marie Hernandez, Founder and Managing Director of Iraya Energies Pte Ltd, a geoscience start-up that applies artificial intelligence (AI) to understand the earth, called on Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Joseph Del Mar Yap last 08 March to introduce her company. Started a year ago, Iraya Energies specializes in the

13 March 2018 – Five (5) exhibitors from the Philippines were featured at the International Furniture Fair Singapore that ran from 8 to 11 March 2018 at the Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre. The exhibitors were A. Garcia Crafts (Sto Tomas, Pampanga), Aerostone, Inc. (Imus, Cavite), Diretso (San Fernando, Pampanga), Triboa Bay Living by

09 March 2018 – Secretary of Trade and Industry Ramon M. Lopez, joined his other ASEAN counterparts in a Ministerial Panel during the ASEAN-EU Business Summit held last 02 March at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Secretary Lopez was joined by the Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita and Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak, while the

5 March 2018 – Secretary Ramon M. Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry was in Singapore to attend the 24th ASEAN Economic Ministers Retreat (AEMR), the 16th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)- European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Consultations and the 4th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting on 28 February – 3

The Philippines was cited as the No. 1 ‘best country to invest in’, according to a 2018 survey “Best Countries” conducted by the U.S. News in partnership with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Y&R’s BAV group. The survey was based on scores given by 6,000 business decision makers from 80 countries,

The Philippine Embassy in Singapore and the Philippine Overseas Labour Office conducted the first of the series of Post Arrival Orientation Seminars (PAOS) lined up for 2018 last Sunday, February 25 at the Embassy Chancery. The seminar benefitted 280 Filipino domestic workers who were provided with information that would help them achieve a pleasant living