Day: April 12, 2022

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Indonesia Seeks Technology Investors To Develop Rare Earth Elements Industry

JAKARTA– The Indonesian government is seeking investors, in the technology sector, to help extract rare earth elements (REE), as the country has targeted to develop the REE industry in the coming years.

The country’s state-owned mining company, PT Timah, has signed a cooperation agreement with Canada Rare Earth Corporation, to find the right technology to utilise, but has also expected to get a technology transfer from China.

“Maybe the easiest option is to get technology from China, because the country’s technology capability in exploring REE has been proven,” the company’s President, Director Achmad Ardianto said yesterday, during a hearing in the Indonesian parliament.

As of now, PT Timah, which has conducted cracking from monazite, the mineral that contains REE, up to 300 tonnes, has targeted to reach 1,000 tonnes of production in 2022, which needs advanced technology to accomplish, Ardianto said.

The ministry’s Director General for Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics Industries, Taufiek Bawazier, said in the same hearing that, Indonesia is currently preparing a roadmap to develop the RRE industry as the metal is considered a strategic alternative to support the green energy transition.

Due to limited technology, Indonesia could have only found seven locations that have potentials for REE exploration, including those in provinces such as North Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, West Kalimantan and Central Sulawesi, according to the ministry.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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Permanent Secretary discussed with Ambassador of the State of Israel to Thailand, to promote cooperation on labour, tourism, and economic

On 11 April 2022, H.E. Mrs. Orna Sagiv, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Thailand, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of her assumption of duty in Thailand.

Both sides emphasised the cordial bilateral relations between Thailand and Israel and discussed means and ways to promote cooperation in areas of mutual interests, particularly on exchange visits, labour, tourism, economic and technical cooperation, and science, technology and innovation (STI). Both sides also exchanged their views on the regional and global issues particularly on the situation in Ukraine and Iran.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand

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Indonesia – Severe weather (ADINet, BMKG) (ECHO daily Flash of 12 April 2022)

• Severe weather including heavy rainfall and strong winds was reported on 10-11 April across Sumatra Island (Indonesia), resulting in casualties.

• According to the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet), one person was injured in Lubuklinggau City (South Sumatra), while 1,780 people have been affected across Sumatra. Damage was reported to 360 houses.

• On 12-13 April, heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds is forecast over most of Sumatra, particularly over the areas in the north, west and south.

Source: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

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PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN NAIROBI WELCOMES PINOY OVERSEAS VOTER IN NAIROBI FOR THE 2022 PH ELECTIONS

NAIROBI– The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi welcomed an overseas voter, who traveled 350 kilometers by land from Kisumu in western Kenya to Nairobi to cast his vote, as it starts the one-month-long overseas voting on 10 April 2022.

When asked for a message for fellow Filipinos, the 59-year-old Kidapawan native said, “Bumoto ng tapat at piliin ang tamang kandidato na magbibigay ng tunay na pagbabago.”

Registered Filipino voters may cast their votes at Philippine Foreign Service Posts from 10 April to 09 May 2022. The Philippine Embassy in Nairobi is open daily from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

The voting period in Nairobi ends on 09 May 2022 at 2:00 PM East African Time.

Source: Republic of Philippines Department Of Foreign Affairs

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HALALAN 2022 VOTING STARTS IN PH CONSULATE GENERAL IN JEDDAH

JEDDAH – The Overseas Absentee Voting (OVS) began on 10 April 2022 in an orderly fashion at the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah.

Philippine Consul General to Jeddah Edgar Tomas Q. Auxilian along with the members of the Overseas Absentee Voting team approved by the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) opened the polling stations for registered Filipino voters inside the Consulate grounds at 8:00 in the morning to cast their ballots.

The Consulate General is encouraging Filipinos in Jeddah and the rest of the western region of Saudi Arabia who are registered voters to practice their right to suffrage. Currently, there are 74,603 registered Filipino voters in the Consulate General.

The Overseas Absentee Voting will continue everyday from 10 April 2022 to 09 May 2022.

Source: Republic of Philippines Department Of Foreign Affairs

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PH AMBASSADOR KICKS OFF OVERSEAS VOTING IN THAILAND FOR 2022 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS

BANGKOK — Philippine Ambassador to Thailand Millicent Cruz Paredes kicked off the overseas voting in Thailand on 10 April 2022, by dropping her vote in the ballot box during the opening hour.

While the voting activity was taking place at the Embassy on the inaugural day, a mobile voting activity was also happening simultaneously in Phuket, alongside the consular outreach mission.

The 2022 Philippine national election marks the first time that the Automated Election System (AES), using a Vote Counting Machine (VCM), is used for overseas voting in Thailand, since the total number of registered voters reached the threshold of 10,000 voters at the end of the registration period in October 2021.

During the 2016 national election, the overseas voting turnout for Thailand was 56% of the more than 6,000 registered voters.

The Philippine Embassy is optimistic that the turnout for the 2022 national election will post higher numbers given the soaring enthusiasm of the Filipino electorate both in the Philippines and abroad.

Ambassador Paredes is encouraging overseas Filipino voters in Thailand, especially those who are based in the Bangkok metropolitan area, to visit the Embassy at the earliest opportunity to claim and drop off their ballots. The Ambassador has reminded the electorate to value the importance of their right to vote, and contribute to a clean, honest and orderly election.

Source: Republic of Philippines Department Of Foreign Affairs