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[Title] => Japan firms want stronger ties with ASEAN
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[Title] => Anthology Architecture Festival 2026 puts ASEAN at the center with “Shared Ground”
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[Summary] => I spent yesterday at the Likhang Filipino Exhibition Hall in Pasay, seated as a panelist at the ASEAN MSME Summit where around 400 trade officials, business leaders and entrepreneurs from across the region gathered under the theme “Navigating the Future Together: Building Future-ready ASEAN MSMEs.” Summits like this can be theater.
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[Title] => DOT-7 pushes industry-academe ties
[Summary] => Central Visayas is seeking deeper industry-academe ties to strengthen its tourism workforce and capture more spending from international visitors, after Cebu hosted two major ASEAN events this year that raised the region’s profile as a regional destination.
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[Title] => Philippines targets higher sales at China-ASEAN Expo
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[Title] => ASEAN ministers sign Manila declaration on disaster management
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[Title] => PH eyes stronger ASEAN trade, investment, digital links
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[Title] => Marcos to ASEAN: Strengthen cooperation on disasters
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