achieving a single community by 2015. The President’s perspective is much broader and he cares not only for the 180 people holed up in Lahad Datu, the Palace spokesman said. “He cares not only for the 800,000 Filipinos in Sabah, he also has to be concerned with the interest of the 95
million Filipinos here in the Philippines. We have a national interest to protect and to promote.” The ASEAN Community will be based on three pillars, namely, a security community, an economic community and a socio-cultural community. PND (as)
ES Ochoa calls for stronger cooperation to thwart chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats
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xecutive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. on Wednesday called for stronger cooperation in the region to boost its capacity to respond to persistent threats of weapons of mass destruction. Speaking before officials and delegates of the European Union (EU) and United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) in Malacanang, Ochoa Wednesday, March 6, 2013
emphasized the importance of forging deeper alliance and collaboration to ward off chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats confronting the world today.
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