Stuttgart. The OAV (Ostasiatischer Verein e.V.) or the German Asia-Pacific Business Association, a network of German companies doing business in the Asia-Pacific region, invited Ambassador Melita S. Sta. Maria-Thomeczek to be one of the keynote speakers at the OAV Young Leaders Annual Conference 2016 which was held on 23 September 2016 at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. Since its foundation in 1900, the OAV has become a leading network of German companies with interests and activities in the ... Read more
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Knauf, DEG to set up EUR40-million plasterboard facility in Bataan
Knauf Gips KG, a leading German manufacturer of building systems and equipment, and the German Investment and Development Corporation (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, or DEG), signed a partnership agreement to set up Knauf Gypsum Philippines Inc. in Bataan, Philippines. The agreement was signed at the Philippine Embassy in the presence of Ambassador Melita Sta. Maria-Thomeczek and her economic team, including Economic Officer Catherine Torres and Commercial Counsellor Althea ... Read more
Berlin ASEAN Committee hosts 2016 ASEAN Day Reception
In commemoration of the foundation anniversary of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 8 August 1967, the Berlin ASEAN Committee (BAC) hosted the 49th ASEAN Day Reception at the Singapore Embassy on 8 September 2016. H.E. Daw Yin Yin Myint, Ambassador of Myanmar and current Chair of the BAC addressed a crowd of 300 guests and provided an overview on ASEAN and the opportunities for German businesses with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a major milestone ... Read more
PHL Delegation Observes Germany’s Dual Education System to integrate with K-12
Berlin. A twenty-person delegation from the Philippines recently crisscrossed Germany to get an in depth look at Germany’s dual education system and to learn which elements of the German model could be successfully incorporated into the Philippine setting. The group visited Frankfurt, Berlin, Bonn and Stuttgart from 12 to 16 October 2015. Tobias Bolle, Project Director of Dual Training at the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI), helped organize the Philippine ... Read more
Philippine Embassy hosts “Dimensions of Perception: The Philippines in Historic Cartography and Cultural Themes”
Berlin - In cooperation with EPECTO (Exchange Program on Education, Culture and Teaching Objectives) g.e.V, the Philippine Embassy is hosting the exhibition, “Dimensions of Perception: The Philippines in Historic Cartography and Cultural Themes.” The exhibit will run from 21-25 September at the Bulwagang Rizal of the Philippine Embassy. Reproductions of Philippine historical maps created by European cartographers are on display. The maps are from the collection of ... Read more