7 November 23-29, 2023
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Canadian dark vessel detector for WPS arriving in PHL this week
MANILA – The Philippines will receive this week Canada’s dark vessel detection system that it could use for free for the next five years. The office of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the state-of-the-art technology will support the Philippines’ maritime domain awareness and efforts to ward off illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing (IUUF) within its sovereign waters. “[The] Fisheries and Oceans Canada will deploy the system to multiple monitoring facilities in the Philippines as of November 20, 2023,” it said. The Philippines and Canada formalized a deal that would include the Philippine National Coast Watch Center (NCWC) in Canada’s Dark Vessel Detection System on the sidelines of their 6th Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation in Ottawa on Oct. 12.
Philippine Ambassador to Canada Maria Andrelita Austria and Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister Adam Burns of the Programs Sector, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) signed the Arrangement on the Dark Vessel Detection (DVD) System between NCWC and the DFO of Canada. The DVD System is a program used to combat IUUF by vessels who deliberately turn off their Automatic Identification System. The DFA said it utilizes layered multi-sensor satellite data from both commercial and government-owned satellite assets to provide near realtime satellite imagery. It also incorporates historical vessel information, environmental data, and analytics to support and facilitate analysis. The system will be jointly managed by the NCWC and Canada’s DFO
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Bank and Chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council. “Last night, I had the privilege of meeting China President Xi before his official dinner at the Hyatt Regency SOMA in San Francisco. His presence at APEC underscores the significant bilateral relationship between the US and China, particularly between California and China. ‘Our world is more connected than we think. As the first and second world economies, the US and China, along with California as a significant entity, must collaborate, cooperate, and communicate effectively to build trust and prevent conflicts. I am pleased to observe the APEC world leaders and speakers
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“Hosting APEC in San Francisco allows us to showcase the beauty of our city, and each of the 21 APEC members maintains a relationship or presence here. “I am honored to be appointed by San Francisco Mayor London Breed as an AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Honorary Host Committee member alongside esteemed individuals such as Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, U.S Senator Alex Padilla, City Attorney David Chiu, and Dominic Ng, Chairman and CEO of East West
focusing on Innovation, Resilience, Sustainability, and Stability for our regions and the world.” Fiona Ma is California’s 34th State Treasurer. She was first elected on November 6, 2018, with more votes (7,825,587) than any other candidate for treasurer in the state’s history and re elected on November 8, 2022. She is the first woman of color and the first woman Certified Public Accountant (CPA) elected to the position. The State Treasurer’s Office was created in the California Constitution in 1849. It provides financing for schools, roads, housing, recycling and waste management, hospitals, public facilities, and other crucial infrastructure projects that better the
lives of residents. California is the world’s fifth-largest economy and Treasurer Ma is the state’s primary banker. Presently, her office processes more than $3 trillion in banking transactions. She provides transparency and oversight for the government’s investment portfolio and accounts, as well as for the state’s surplus funds. Treasurer Ma oversees an investment portfolio that currently averages over $200 billion—a significant portion of which is beneficially owned by more than 2,200 local governments in California. She serves as agent of sale for all State bonds and is trustee of billions of dollars of state indebtedness.
