Marciano Paynor Jr., head of the summit organizing committee, announces Friday the postponement to January of the 12th Asean Summit and its Dialogue Partners due to a typhoon which is forecast to hit the meeting site in Cebu city. (AP photo)
CEBU --(Updated 7:30 p.m.) Two Asian summits scheduled for next week have been postponed to January because a strong storm is bearing down on the meeting site, a top Philippine official said Friday.
CEBU CITY -- At least five countries have warned its citizens against traveling to Cebu for fear of terrorist attacks planned during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit next week.
MANILA -- Outnumbered, the minority in the House of Representatives failed to stop the Charter change move when the majority, through a viva voce, approved the resolution convening Congress into a constituent assembly (Con-Ass), after a 12-hour marathon session.
CEBU CITY -- An American human rights lawyer was barred from entering the country ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit here next week.
