malaysiangMANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has arrived in Berlin to start his three-day working visit to improve the bilateral relations between the Philippines and Germany.
Marcos, along with First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos and members of the Philippine delegation, arrived at Brandenburg International Airport in Berlin on Monday at 9:49 p.m. local time (4:49 a.m. Tuesday in Manila), the Presidential Communications Office said.
They were welcomed by Philippine Ambassador to Germany Irene Susan Natividad and select personnel from the Philippine Embassy.
While in Berlin, the President will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz where several agreements will be signed.
In his departure speech Monday afternoon, Marcos said among the agreements to be signed with Germany is the Joint Declaration of Intent on Strengthening Maritime Cooperation and the Cooperation Programme between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training.
He added
that the Philippines intends to tap Germany’s expertise in renewable energy to assist the country in the energy transition efforts and various sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, aerospace, innovation and startups, IT-BPM, and mineral processing.
The President is also expected to meet with the Filipino community in Berlin.
After Germany, Marcos will head to the Czech Republic for a two-day state visit.
Source: Philippines News Agency
Quang Binh: The Management Board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh on March 12 said that it has released some rescued rare animals back to the wild.
Specifically, on March 9, the Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Centre transferred to the park three northern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca leonina), a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), four small Indian civet (Viverricula indica), a hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) and two great hornbills (Buceros bicornis).
On March 6, the park also received a stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) and two rhesus monkeys from people in Tuyen Hoa district and Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province.
The animals are all on the list of endangered, precious, and rare animal species listed in Decree No. 84/2021/ND-CP of the Government on management of endangered forest plants and animals and implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
They were taken to the rescue centre under the Phong Nha-Ke
Bang National Park Management Board where they were cared for and rehabilitated to restore their natural behaviours before being released back into nature./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
