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The ‘new’ Tivoli Royale Country Club: Your leisure and recreation haven

Tivoli Royale Country Club located in the Tivoli Royale Subdivision, nestled in an exclusive enclave with scenic views of Antipolo, San Mateo, and the Sierra Madres was launched as a premier leisure and recreation haven in Metro Manila.

The Italian-inspired country club is for families looking for an exclusive community and for the work-oriented Millennials to have an activity hub. Managed by New Creation 101 Realty & Development Corp., the club prides itself with a top-of-the-line fitness center, family pools, a wide variety of sports activities, and reinvented dining facilities.

New Creation 101 Realty & Development Corp. and Tivoli Royale’s President and Chairman, John Oliver Tio with Ms. Christina Tio.

Tivoli Royale Country Club’s Grand Royale Hall was the perfect setting for the event themed, ‘Stile Di Vita’ or Italian for Lifestyle. With the Club’s state-of-the-art amenities, stellar club membership privileges, and customer service, members and guests can enjoy a worry-free club membership way of living.

From left to right: TRCC, COO, Madelene Sy; Consultant, Eric JY Mananquil; General Manager, Cherryl Ann Go.

Members and guests were welcomed with pre-dinner cocktails followed by a grand buffet exquisitely prepared by the club’s World-Class Culinary Team. Commencement Dedication was officiated by CCF Pastor Eric Totañes and the program was hosted by 2007 Bb. Pilipinas World Ms. Maggie Wilson. Tivoli Royale Country Club’s Consultant, Mr. Eric JY Mananquil delivered the Opening Remarks and the distinguished guests and attendees were serenaded by Ms. Nicole Asensio.

Highlights of the event included a toast made in celebration of the birthday of New Creation 101 Realty & Development Corp. and Tivoli Royale’s President and Chairman, Mr. John Oliver Tio. Also, some guests were gifted by Club MD+ Medical Aesthetics and M+ Salon with signature treatments.

Tivoli Royale Country Club celebrated the return to completely revitalized status with their management team more energized than ever and the staff warm and genuine. The VIPs, celebrities, and distinguished guests were entertained and the party successfully ended with TAC 4 Band’s performance.

Tivoli Royale Country Club’s facilities are like no other, offering indoor and outdoor sports and activities that will surely enliven the bonds of families. The Club’s fully stocked Game Center features cosmic bowling lanes, exclusive arcade games, billiards, darts, golf simulators, a kiddie playroom, and a Snack Bar for everyone’s pleasure.

Food enthusiasts can indulge at the Club’s Royal Lounge with its all-day menu offers while enjoying the view of the pools. Get to sample the Executive Chef’s thoughtfully curated specials at The Grand Royal Cuisine and for those who just simply want to hang out with friends, the Club’s Grid Sports Bar is the place to be. Working millennials can connect with the club’s fast wi-fi while enjoying their favorite cup of coffee or milk tea from Beanleaf.

“Now families can bond and make beautiful memories here with us. Our members and guests experience fine dining to casual dining given the variety of restaurants and partners we house. This is the perfect place to plan your wedding and other special events. It’s like having a second home with the advantage of the outstanding club amenities, and superlative guest service without needing to travel far. We also have sports programs conducted by award-winning coaches and certified trainers,” said General Manager, Ms. Cherryl Ann Go.

Tivoli Royale Country Club is truly an awe-inspiring venue prevailing with a sense of peace and tranquility that it surely redefines Club Membership.

For more information about The Tivoli Country Club, visit their website, Facebook page and Instagram.

To learn more about The Tivoli Royale Country Club Membership, please email membership@tivoliroyalecountryclub.com or call 63 917 7081445.

 

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Biden says ‘Enough!’ on gun violence, demands action from Congres

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WASHINGTON – Declaring “Enough, enough!” US President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures to address a string of mass shootings that have struck the United States.

Speaking from the White House, in a speech broadcast live in primetime, Biden asked a country stunned by the recent shootings at a school in Texas, a grocery store in New York and a medical building in Oklahoma, how many more lives it would take to change gun laws in America.

“For God’s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept?” Mr. Biden asked.

Mr. Biden described visiting Uvalde, Texas, where the school shooting took place. “I couldn’t help but think there are too many other schools, too many other everyday places that have become killing fields, battlefields, here in America.”

The president, a Democrat, called for a number of measures opposed by Republicans in Congress, including banning the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, or, if that were not possible, raising the minimum age to buy those weapons to 21 from 18. He also pressed for repealing the liability shield that protects gun manufacturers from being sued for violence perpetrated by people carrying their guns.

“We can’t fail the American people again,” Mr. Biden said, pressing Republicans particularly in the U.S. Senate to allow bills with gun control measures to come up for a vote.

Mr. Biden said if Congress did not act, he believed Americans would make the issue central when they vote in November mid-term elections.

The National Rifle Association gun lobby said in a statement that Biden‘s proposals would infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. “This isn’t a real solution, it isn’t true leadership, and it isn’t what America needs,” it said.

The United States, which has a higher rate of gun deaths than any other wealthy nation, has been shaken in recent weeks by the mass shootings of 10 Black residents in upstate New York, 19 children and two teachers in Texas, and two doctors, a receptionist and a patient in Oklahoma.

Lawmakers are looking at measures to expand background checks and pass “red flag” laws that would allow law enforcement officials to take guns away from people suffering from mental illness. But any new measures face steep hurdles from Republicans, particularly in the Senate, and moves to ban assault weapons do not have enough support to advance.

The U.S. Constitution’s second amendment protects Americans’ right to bear arms. Mr. Biden said that amendment was not “absolute” while adding that new measures he supported were not aimed at taking away people’s guns.

“After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done,” Mr. Biden said, ticking off a list of mass shootings over more than two decades. “This time that can’t be true.”

 

PLEA FROM GRIEVING GRANDMOTHER

Gun safety advocates have pushed Biden to take stronger measures on his own to curb gun violence, but the White House wants Congress to pass legislation that would have more lasting impact than any presidential order. Read full story

Mr. Biden‘s evening address was aimed in part at keeping the issue at the forefront of voters’ minds. The president has made only a handful of evening speeches from the White House during his term, including one on the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and one about the Texas shooting last week.

More than 18,000 people have died from gun violence in the United States so far in 2022, including through homicide and suicide, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit research group.

Canada, Australia and Britain all passed stricter gun laws after mass shootings in their countries, banning assault weapons and increasing background checks. America has experienced years of massacres in schools, stores and places of work and worship without any such legislation. Read full story

A broad majority of American voters, both Republicans and Democrats, favor stronger gun control laws, but Republicans in Congress and some moderate Democrats have blocked such legislation for years. Read full story

Prices of shares in gun manufacturers rose on Thursday. Efforts to advance gun control measures have boosted firearm share prices after other mass shootings as investors anticipated that gun purchases would increase ahead of stricter regulations.

In the aftermath of the Texas shooting, Mr. Biden urged the country to take on the powerful pro-gun lobby that backs politicians who oppose such legislation.

The Senate is split, with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans, and a law must have 60 votes to overcome a maneuver known as the filibuster, which means any law would need rare bipartisan support.

“The only room in America where you can’t find more than 60% support for universal background checks is on the floor of the U.S. Senate,” said Christian Heyne, vice president for policy at Brady, a gun violence prevention group.

While Mr. Biden and Congress explore compromises, the Supreme Court is due to decide a major case that could undermine new efforts to enact gun control measures while making existing ones vulnerable to legal attack. Read full story

Mr. Biden said he received a handwritten note from a grandmother who had lost her granddaughter in Uvalde that read: “Erase the invisible line that is dividing our nation. Come up with a solution and fix what’s broken and make the changes that are necessary to prevent this from happening again.” – Reuters

US-Taiwan trade talks could outpace Indo-Pacific effort -USTR official

WASHINGTON – New U.S. trade negotiations with Taiwan could move more quickly than broader talks with 12 Indo–Pacific countries given strong interest in Taipei and Washington in deepening economic ties, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said on Thursday.

There are parallels between the newly launched Indo–Pacific Economic Framework talks and the Taiwan talks, Ms. Bianchi told Reuters in an interview, but the latter initiative is aimed at increasing links with Taiwan on specific economic issues.

“I think we are eager to get going with Taiwan and to scope out our negotiating mandate there and … a range of issues from small-medium enterprises to digital trade to labor and we look forward to getting going as quickly as possible,” Ms. Bianchi said.

Asked if the Taiwan initiative could bear fruit sooner then the Indo–Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) talks, she said: “Potentially yes, it could.”

The Chinese-claimed island was excluded from the 14-country IPEF initiative launched last week by President Joe Biden. However, USTR announced separate, bilateral trade talks with Taiwan on Wednesday.

IPEF, which seeks to return an economic pillar to U.S. engagement in the region, will include Japan, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia and other countries in the region, but not China.

Ms. Bianchi said IPEF would also get started right away, with plans for discussions, including ministerial-level meetings in coming months to organize the topics for the talks and to begin proposing texts for an agreement by the end of the summer.

 

CHOOSING PILLARS

The IPEF talks will allow member countries to choose among the key “pillars” in which they will participate, including digital trade rules, supply chain resiliency and trade facilitation, infrastructure development and strong labor rights and environmental standards.

But participation in all pillars is not required, and initial meetings will focus on defining which ones countries will choose, Ms. Bianchi said. Countries that choose only one or two can still have meaningful engagement with the United States and other IPEF members, she said.

Neither the IPEF nor the Taiwan talks will include the tariff reductions and enhanced market access offered by traditional free trade agreements.

Ms. Bianchi said IPEF is meant to be a “21st century agreement to really address 21st century problems,” including barriers to digital trade such as data localization requirements or onerous regulations that make it difficult for companies to operate in some countries. Fixing these problems will also enhance market access, she said. – Reuters

What does China want in the Pacific? Diplomatic allies and strategic footholds

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By the time Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s ten-day tour of the Pacific is over in early June, he will have met with leaders from all ten Pacific island countries that have diplomatic relations with China.

This tour is the second of its kind since 2006 (his predecessor Li Zhaoxing visited the region that year). It follows a meeting of Pacific foreign ministers with China last year.

But what does China want from the region and why is it showing such strong interest in the Pacific?

China seeks two main things from the region – one diplomatic and one strategic.

Diplomatically, it needs the voting support of Pacific islands at the United Nations. These countries, most of which are small, have an equal vote at the UN.

Their support – on issues such as Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, South and East China Seas, and human rights – matters to China.

For example, during Wang’s visit, Pacific leaders pledged to stick to the “One China” policy. This means they will recognize the People’s Republic of China over the Republic of China (Taiwan).

However, the China-Taiwan diplomatic battle is far from over. In the Pacific, Palau, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Nauru still recognize Taiwan.

Strategically, China sees Pacific islands as a target of what’s known as “South-South co-operation” – partnerships between developing countries.

China’s mistrust of developed countries is deep rooted and has persisted since the founding of the communist regime in 1949. To reduce the strategic pressure from developed countries, China strives to forge close ties with the developing world.

In this sense, Wang’s Pacific visit is largely prompted by recent heightened competition between China and the US-led traditional powers.

The Quad countries (Australia, India, Japan, and the United States) recently released a joint leaders statement promising to increase their support to countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

It is hardly a coincidence that on the same day, China’s ministry of foreign affairs revealed the itinerary for Wang’s Pacific visit. Details of concrete achievements arising from the provinces of Chinese Guangdong, Fujian and Shandong’s engagement with Pacific islands were released the following day.

China is signaling it will not recede in its competition with traditional powers. It also wants to send a message that a closer relationship with China will benefit Pacific islands.

In the long run, the Pacific islands have great security significance for China.

China’s People’s Liberation Army, especially the navy, has aimed to break the “island chains” (in particular, there are a series of military bases on islands near China and in the Pacific, which Beijing believes the US and its allies are using to encircle China).

The Pacific islands sit along one of these island chains. Little wonder, then, the Chinese military is keen to gain a foothold in the Pacific in the long run – this would be crucial if competition between China and the US deteriorates into rivalry and even military conflict.

This is why traditional powers are alarmed by the China-Solomon Islands security pact – despite clarification from Beijing and Honiara China will not establish a military base in Solomon Islands.

To achieve these objectives, China has worked hard to foster a closer relationship with Pacific islands. In particular, it has highlighted its respect of Pacific islands as equal partners, economic opportunities for Pacific commodities to enter the massive Chinese market, and the benefits of Chinese aid for the region.

In this context, China proposed two broad agreements to be signed by all its Pacific partner countries during Wang’s visit.

However, this plan was shelved due to the lack of consensus among Pacific leaders on the nature of these agreements and potential negative implications for regional security.

For example, prior to Wang’s visit, President of the Federated States of Micronesia David Panuelo wrote to leaders of all Pacific island countries and territories warning that signing these agreements may drag Pacific islands into conflicts between China and the US in future.

This may have taken China by surprise; President Panuelo paid a successful state visit to China in 2019 and lauded his country’s relationship with China as “great friendship taken to a new high”.

This was a clear setback for China. As a suboptimal solution, China’s ministry of foreign affairs turned the two agreements into a position paper and published it on May 30.

A main difference is that in the position paper, China only briefly states its readiness to co-operate with Pacific islands to promote regional security, combat transnational crimes and tackle non-traditional security threats.

By contrast, the original two agreements had more details on security co-operation such as providing police training for the region and strengthening co-operation on cyber security.

Apparently, China has learnt to downplay its planned co-operation with Pacific islands on security, an increasingly sensitive area amid the competition.

Looking into the near future, it is likely China will be more cautious in expanding its engagement with the Pacific region.

It will likely focus on pragmatic co-operation in less sensitive areas like climate change, poverty reduction, agriculture and disaster relief.

China will lobby for more support from Pacific islands before it is willing to reintroduce the broad agreements. – Reuters

Mystery surrounds how munitions imported for Indonesia’s civilian spies were used in attacks on villages

JAKARTA – Almost 2,500 mortar shells from Serbia bought for Indonesia’s spy agency last year were converted to be air-dropped, and some were used in attacks on eight villages in Papua, according to a report from an arms monitoring group and photos provided to Reuters.

The alleged procurement for the state intelligence agency, known as BIN, was not disclosed to the parliamentary oversight committee that approves its budget, three members told Reuters.

The London-based monitoring group, Conflict Armament Research (CAR), said the mortar rounds were manufactured by Serbia’s state-owned arms-maker Krusik and later modified to be dropped from the air rather than fired from a mortar tube. It said the arms sent to BIN also included 3,000 electronic initiators and three timing devices typically used to detonate explosives.

The 81mm mortar rounds were used in attacks in October on villages in Papua, an Indonesian province where a decades-long campaign by armed separatists has accelerated in recent years, according to CAR, an eyewitness, and human rights investigators working on behalf of several church groups.

Reuters was not able to independently confirm certain aspects of the CAR report, including whether BIN had received the shipment. Reuters also could not establish who authorized the purchase of the munitions or who used them in Papua.

BIN and the Ministry of Defense did not respond to requests for comment about the purchase or use of the mortar shells.

The parliamentary oversight committee is holding a closed hearing next week with BIN, and the weapons purchase will be discussed, one committee member said.

Tubagus Hasanuddin, a former general who also sits on the parliamentary committee that oversees BIN, said that the intelligence agency can acquire small arms for its agents’ self defense but that any military-grade weapons “must be for education or training purposes and not for combat”.

“We need to conduct a hearing first with BIN and check the reason. Afterwards we will check the legality,” he said.

No one was killed, although homes and several churches burned down, according to one witness and investigators working for eight human rights and church groups to document the attacks.

“It’s clear cut that these mortars are offensive weapons that were used in civilian areas,” said Jim Elmslie, convenor of the West Papua Project at the University of Wollongong, who submitted CAR’s report to the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner in April. “This is a breach of humanitarian law.”

BIN is a civilian agency under the direct authority of Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi. The president’s office did not respond to a request for comment about the purchase or use of the weapons.

A spokesman for Indonesia’s military, Col. Wieng Pranoto, told Reuters its forces did not drop the munitions on the villages. He declined to say whether BIN deployed the munitions.

Indonesian law requires the military, police and other government agencies to seek permission from the Ministry of Defense to buy arms, and requires them to use materiel produced by the domestic defense industry if it is available. The country’s state-owned arms-maker PT Pindad produces mortar rounds, and they are part of the armed forces’ arsenal.

A defense ministry source familiar with the procurement system said the ministry never approved the purchase or any regulation that would allow BIN to acquire the munitions.

“It raises questions of why BIN would want them,” this person said.

Another member of the parliamentary committee that oversees BIN said he was personally investigating the findings in CAR’s report to determine whether there was any wrongdoing. He said he had approached BIN and PT Pindad for an explanation but “found a lot of giant walls”.

“There must be something that is very, very sensitive about it,” he told Reuters.

PT Pindad’s spokesperson and chief executive’s office did not answer detailed questions from Reuters about how the mortar rounds were procured or who used them.

One of the company’s commissioners, Alexandra Wuhan, declined to discuss specifics of the purchase, but said: “Pindad is obliged and subjected to Indonesia’s laws, rules and regulations regarding military and civilian arms procurements, likewise BIN as the end user. Pindad cannot be held responsible for the when and where the arms are used by Indonesian authorities. We do not have such control.”

 

ARMS PURCHASE

CAR is a Europe-based arms monitor whose clients have included the European Union, the United Nations, and the U.S. and British governments.

The organization analyzed photos of ordnance used in the attacks in Papua and formally requested information on the shells from the Serbian government via the country’s mission at the United Nations in New York on Nov. 26.

Serbia’s UN ambassador, Nemanja Stevanovic, provided a response on Dec. 31 in a “note verbale,” a formal diplomatic communique. James Bevan, CAR’s executive director, said the information in that communique formed the basis of the weapons tracking group’s report.

CAR declined to share Serbia’s response, citing protocols. Stevanovic, and Serbia’s UN Mission, did not respond to a Reuters request to share the note verbale.

 

THE TRANSFER

The report said Serbia confirmed Krusic made the M-72 high-explosive mortar rounds, which were sold to Serbian arms supplier Zenitprom DOO in February 2021 along with the 3,000 electronic initiators and timing devices. The munitions were then exported by Zenitprom DOO to PT Pindad for BIN, the group says.

On Oct. 6, 2020, at the beginning of the procurement process, BIN provided Serbian authorities with end-user certificate No. R-540/X/2020, confirming that they would be the exclusive users of the items in the consignment and that the munitions would not be transferred or sold to other parties without the permission of the Serbian authorities, the report said. No request to transfer the weapons was made before the Papua attack, the Serbian government told CAR, according to the report.

In its report, CAR said Serbia confirmed the lot numbers on the shells used in Papua matched those of the ones purchased by BIN.

Some details of the report that Reuters was not able to independently confirm include the mortar shells’ matching lot numbers, the transfer of the munitions consignment to BIN or whether BIN complied with the end-user certificate. Reuters was unable to determine who had modified the mortar rounds or why BIN had purchased the timers and igniters.

CAR said BIN had provided the Serbian government with a “delivery verification certification,” although Reuters could not independently confirm the weapons had arrived in BIN’s hands.

An official at the arms-control section of Serbia’s Ministry of Trade in Belgrade and the country’s embassy in Jakarta did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Krusik and Zenitprom DOO did not respond to requests for comment.

 

VILLAGE ATTACKS

An independence rebellion has simmered in resource-rich Papua since 1969, when a United Nations-supervised vote involving only about 1,025 people led to the former Dutch colony becoming part of Indonesia.

The security situation in Papua has “dramatically deteriorated” since April 2021, when separatists killed the head of BIN’s Papua office in an ambush, according to a statement by three U.N. special rapporteurs in March. Between April and November last year, they said there were “shocking abuses” by the government. The Indonesian government rejected their statement. Read full story

Starting on Oct. 10, 2021, helicopters and drones fired into and dropped munitions on eight villages in the Kiwirok district for several days, according to the eyewitness interviewed by Reuters, human rights investigators and several local church leaders.

“They dropped bombs with drones,” Pastor Yahya Uopmabin told Reuters, saying he watched the assault from nearby mountains, where many residents had fled. “Places of worship, houses of residents were burning.”

Eneko Bahabol, a Papuan investigator working for a consortium of eight human rights and church groups, said 32 mortar rounds were dropped, including five that didn’t detonate. Reuters has seen photos of the unexploded rounds.

The photos from CAR show the mortar shells carry the markings of the Serbian state-owned arms-maker. Samuel Paunila, head of the ammunition management advisory team at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, confirmed the mortar rounds had Krusic markings. – Reuters

S.Korea to lift quarantine requirement for non-vaccinated foreign arrivals

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SEOUL – South Korea’s prime minister on Friday said the country will lift its quarantine requirement for foreign arrivals without vaccination from June 8 and also start lifting aviation regulations imposed for international flights.

However, the government will maintain the requirement of a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result prior to entry and a PCR test within 72 hours after arrival.

“While there was a 7-day quarantine obligation for non–vaccinated foreign arrivals until now, such requirement will be eliminated from June 8 regardless of their vaccination status,” Prime Minister Han Duck-soo told a pandemic response meeting, adding the country’s COVID-19 situation had stabilized.

Han said any aviation regulations imposed at Incheon International Airport will be lifted from June 8 to ensure that flights can operate in a timely manner, as current restrictions on flights and flight operation times have caused inconveniences such as lack of tickets and rising prices. – Reuters

All options on table in China tariff review, US trade official says

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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is considering “all options” as it reviews potential changes to U.S. duties on Chinese imports, including tariff relief and new trade investigations in a shift of focus to strategic concerns with Beijing, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi said on Thursday.

Ms. Bianchi told Reuters in an interview that the agency is seeking to address long-term challenges from China and “getting a tariff structure that really makes sense.”

“We’re looking at everything and what we’re focused on is making sure that we have again, a long term realignment of the relationship with China, focusing on some of the concerns … such as non-market practices and economic coercion,” Ms. Bianchi said.

U.S. President Joe Biden has said he is considering removing some of the tariffs imposed on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods by predecessor Donald Trump in 2018 and 2019 amid a bitter trade war between the world’s two largest economies. His administration is seeking ways to cool inflation, and industry groups have called for tariff cuts to reduce costs for businesses and consumers.

While an initial round of tariffs on $50 billion worth of strategic and industrial goods from China resulted in a so-called Section 301 investigation of Beijing’s misappropriation of U.S. technology, dueling rounds of retaliation heaped U.S. duties on $300 billion more of imports, including consumer products, from bicycles to apparel to Bluetooth devices.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has argued that some duties hurt consumers and should be removed, while U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has argued that the tariffs should be considered as part of an overall strategy to push China to meet its trade commitments and end abusive economic practices. Read full story.

China has also been arguing that tariff reductions would cut costs for American consumers. China’s ambassador to the United States Qin Gang has said the tariffs “not only hurt China, but hurt America.”

Ms. Bianchi, asked whether the tariff decision could result in both removal of some tariffs on consumer goods and launching a new investigation into China’s industrial subsidies and other practices, said: “Everything is on the table right now.”

She said that USTR has provided some relief from the China tariffs by reinstating 352 expired product-specific exclusions from the duties of up to 25%. Read full story More than 140 members of Congress have called for the list to be expanded. Read full story

USTR is conducting a statutory four-year review of the Section 301 tariffs that could last for several more months. The agency is collecting comments from industry participants in two batches, ending July 5 and Aug. 22. Read full story – Reuters

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AllHome Corp. to hold annual meeting of stockholders on June 24

 

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Arthaland Corp. announces annual stockholders’ meeting on June 24

NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING

NOTICE is hereby given that the 2022 annual stockholders’ meeting of ARTHALAND CORPORATION will be held on 24 June 2022, Friday, 9:00 A.M. and will be convened by the Presiding Officer in Taguig City through remote communication. Attendees must register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y5YQixvvR5araoU3Dz1uIQ in order to participate during the meeting.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:

  1. Call to Order
  2. Secretary’s Proof of Due Notice of the Meeting and Determination of Quorum
  3. Approval of Minutes of the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting held on 25 June 2021
  4. Notation of Management Report
  5. Ratification of Acts of the Board of Directors and Management During the Previous Year
  6. Proposed Amendment of Article SEVENTH of Articles of Incorporation – Decrease of Authorized Capital Stock
  7. Election of Directors (including Independent Directors)
  8. Appointment of External Auditor for 2022
  9. Other Matters
  10. Adjournment

Only stockholders of record on 02 June 2022 will be entitled to further notice of and to vote at this meeting. Electronic copies of the Information Statement which will include the manner of conducting the meeting and the process on how one can join the same, as well as vote in absentia, among other relevant documents, will be made available in www.arthaland.com and the Electronic Disclosure Generation Technology of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE EDGE).

WE ARE NOT SOLICITING YOUR PROXY. However, if you cannot personally attend the meeting or participate through remote communication but would still like to be represented thereat and be considered for quorum purposes, you may inform the Office of the Corporate Secretary at the address indicated below or through investor.relations@arthaland.com not later than 17 June 2022 (Friday). You will thereafter be advised the following business day of any further action on your part, which may include accomplishing a proxy.

 

RIVA KHRISTINE V. MAALA (Sgd.)
Corporate Secretary

 

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Ginga partners with Agrea Philippines

#UpliftingTheLives of the Farmers through partnership and collaboration to organizations with the same goal and mission.

Responsive Business (GRB) as per the European Union’s mandate and it will provide information, events, and resources for farmers, especially the women to succeed in agriculture. This partnership aims to uplift the lives of Filipino farmers by giving them equal opportunities such as livelihood and training, so they will be able to understand their significant roles in agriculture and economic development.

The partnership officially came to life when they had the contract signing in Chef Jessie in Rockwell Club, Makati last May 16, 2022. The event was graced by Ms. Lota Lazarte-Manalo, CEO and President of Ginga, Ms. Cherrie Atilano, CEO and Founder of AGREA Philippines, Ms. Charisse Malazarte, Operations Manager of Ginga and the rest of the agricultural business support team.

“Today, we closed a good partnership that believes in our cause and wants to co-brand with us to help more farmers, supports environmental sustainability, product traceability, and gender-equality in the food and agriculture sector”, Ms. Atilano shared.

Ginga Agrifood was established in 2005 founded on a mission that aspires to manufacture and sell high-quality, all-natural products that use locally-grown ingredients and support Philippine-Made products, as well as the farmers. Their vision is geared towards producing high-quality, all-natural products and expanding their market as wide as what they stand for all while uplifting the lives of the Filipino farmers through providing livelihood in their farm situated at Lobo, Batangas.

“Thank you, Cherrie Atilano and AGREA for this incredible partnership! We will continue to promote women empowerment, strive to improve the lives of our farmers, and give opportunities for livelihood in order to achieve our goal – food security,” -Ms. Manalo shared during the event.

On the other hand, AGREA is currently working with farmers through agribusiness management, teaching farmers how to be entrepreneurs, guiding them in the cropping production process, as well as providing the farmer’s initial capital to increase their capacity to earn, so they can provide for themselves and their families. AGREA team is also educating farmers with the right variety of ginger and turmeric based on the demand of the clients like a market-oriented approach.

Through this partnership, we hope to gather a lot of inspiring stories from our thriving women farmers and support them by providing training, capacity-building, and learning opportunities.

Together, let us help uplift the lives of the farmers and work hand in hand towards achieving food security, gender equality, women and economic empowerment!

 

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ABS-CBN Corporation announces schedule of annual stockholders’ meeting

NOTICE

To the stockholders of ABS-CBN Corporation:

Please take notice that the annual stockholders meeting on July 28, 2022, Thursday, at 8:00 a.m. by remote communications.  The record date of stockholders entitled to attend and vote at the said meeting shall be June 9, 2022.

 

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