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March 2021 | International Law Alerts | Crypto Currency / E-Commerce

MOU on fight vs. rising online counterfeiting, piracy signed The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the biggest e-commerce platforms in the country and intellectual property rights holders for speedy removal of fake products on online shopping sites. SSS says e-transactions up more than twice due to pandemic Quarantine restrictions put in place to address the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) resulted in the surge in Social Security System’s (SSS) electronic transactions in 2020 Online palengke delivers wet and dry goods to one’s doorstep PalengkeLink, a local digital delivery…

March 2021 | International Law Alerts | Biotechnology / Technology

DOST-FPRDI CHAMPIONS EARTH-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has, from the start, been promoting sustainable and earth-friendly forest products technologies. RUBBERWOOD FURNITURE COULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING In the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, rubber farmers are now reaping the fruits of the rubberwood initiative led by the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), as the former gears up for the next big thing in the furniture industry. Vietnam successfully clones pigs Vietnamese scientists have for the first time successfully cloned pigs using the somatic…

March 2021 | International Law Alerts | ASEAN

ASEAN, Republic of Korea promote closer cooperation on labour and employment Labour officials and stakeholders from ASEAN Member States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) gathered virtually for the ROK-ASEAN Policy Sharing Workshop in the Employment and Labour Sector. The workshop discussed policy responses and international cooperation strategies to promote employment and livelihoods of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic International attention on Myanmar protests tops March 2021 “ASEAN Today” The ongoing protests over the military takeover in Myanmar top the March 2021 edition of “ASEAN Today.” ASEAN, India to advance partnership ASEAN and India reaffirmed their commitment to advance…

February 2021 | International Law Alerts | West Philippine Sea / International Arbitration Law

Navy deploys more in West PH Sea with new China Coast Guard law New Philippine military chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana flags the new China Coast Guard law as 'alarming' Oil and gas cooperation another casualty of China Coast Guard law 'With the new Coast Guard law, China has reneged on its commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding and Terms of Reference (on oil and gas cooperation),' says former Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio Taiwan says ties with US strong amid threats from China As the U.S. Navy asserts its presence in the South China Sea, Taiwan’s leader says…

February 2021 | International Law Alerts | United Nations

PH report to UN rights body fans drug war criticism The government’s report to the United Nations acknowledging critical flaws in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs provided fresh ammo for its critics, with one lawyers’ group saying it merely served as a “smokescreen” that put the blame on lowly police officers while shielding higher-ups who were the “principal enablers’’ of extrajudicial killings. PH joins China, other nations in dissociating from UN resolution urging for Suu Kyi’s freedom Philippines has dissociated from the United Nations resolution which urged for the freedom of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and…

February 2021 | International Law Alerts | Trade and Investment

Bulacan hosts first pharma ecozone in PH The province of Bulacan now hosts the country’s first pharmaceutical economic zone at the First Bulacan Business Park (FBBP) in Malolos City PH eyes renewal of US trade preference grant The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) hopes the United States will renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) grant to the country after it expired at the end-2020. CREATE Act to spur knowledge-based sectors to do business in PH The soon-to-be enacted Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill will open numerous doors of opportunities for the Philippines and…

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