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
Mp-tec Set to Invest in the Philippine Renewable Energy Market
Berlin. 4 October 2012. Founder and CEO of German solar system integrator and project developer Mp-tec GmbH & Co KG, Michael Preißel, announced yesterday the company’s intention to invest in the Philippines, as part of the long-term plans to expand in the international market. The message was conveyed to First Secretary Adrian Cruz and PTIC Commercial Counselor Jose Antonio Buencamino, during their visit to Mp-tec’s headquarters in Eberswalde, just 50 kilometers from Berlin, Germany, on ... Read more