Berlin. 29 October 2012. “There is massive potential for deeper economic cooperation between the Philippines and Germany in the field of renewable energy,” Philippine Ambassador to Germany Maria Cleofe Natividad stated during her opening remarks at the GIZ workshop on renewable energy in Berlin. The GIZ, or the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, conducted on 19 October 2012 a one-day workshop on “Renewable Energy in Germany and in the Philippines“ participated in by ... Read more
Philippine Criminal Code Committee fosters cooperation with German justice sector
Berlin. 27 October 2012. The Philippine Criminal Code ComIn Munich, the Code Committee also visited the Bavarian State Bureau of Criminal Investigation and met with representatives of the Forensic Technical Institute. The members of the committee also listened to lectures on substantive and procedural criminal law given by Dr. Laurent Lafleur, judge from the District Court of Munich, and Mr. Stefan Antor, Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeals of Munich. The Committee members also observed an ... Read more
Philippine Embassy Meets with Sabine Weiss, German Parliamentarian and Champion of Women’s Rights
Berlin. 24 October 2012. “It is an honor to be a friend of a member of the German Parliament who shares our strong advocacy for women’s rights and who has a long and solid history of working for the welfare of Filipinos,” Philippine Ambassador to Germany Maria Cleofe R. Natividad said after a meeting with Ms. Sabine Weiss, member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag). In Germany, where 82% - or more than 4 out of 5 Filipino migrants - are women, Ms. Weiss, a member of the Group of ... Read more
German firms set their sights on the Philippines
Berlin. 23 October 2012. An information session on the Philippines as a business location for the German enterprises took place at the PricewaterhouseCoopers conference center in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, on 28 September 2012. The economic event was co-sponsored by the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, the ZukunftsAgentur Brandenburg, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, the media publication ASEAN Today and the German Philippines Chamber of Commerce and ... Read more