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Filipino cuisine to be served in Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
Local and international food connoisseurs will get to taste and discover Filipino cuisine as Australia’s iconic food and wine festival brings the spotlight on Filipino cuisine at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (MFWF) happening on 9-13 March 2019. In a series of events that will feature and celebrate Filipino cuisine, top chefs from Manila, New York and Melbourne will serve Filipino food and also conduct masterclasses during the MFWF. Chefs Jordy Navarra, Nicole Ponseca and Yasmin Newman will...
PH gears workforce with inclusive innovation – DTI chief
Sydney – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez shared how the Philippines (PH) is preparing for the “future of work” during the CEO Forum held at the sidelines of ASEAN-Australia Special Summit last 17 March. The CEO Forum gathered ASEAN and Australian business leaders to discuss six main topics vital to deepening economic integration. The topics, discussed in separate CEO Forum Roundtables, were (1) tourism destination development and aviation; (2) digital...
PH business community urged to share benefits of growth and embrace digital economy
15 February 2018 – APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Philippines members call on the local business community to share the benefits of growth and embrace the digital economy. These echoed the key themes of the first ABAC meeting for 2018 held in Auckland, New Zealand last February 1-4. Tomas Alcantara, chair of ABAC Philippines, noted how APEC plays a critical role towards achieving the shared goal of inclusivity which will directly impact the domestic economy. “APEC represents an...
