Wednesday, June 1, 2011

AQUINO BOOSTS TIES WITH BRUNEI


By RAYMUND F. ANTONIO, mb.com.ph

President Aquino and Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah have agreed to form a working group on energy cooperation that seeks to lessen the country’s dependence on petroleum products.

The leader of this oil-rich Islamic Sultanate responded positively on President Aquino’s call to help the Philippines in the technology development of liquefied and compressed natural gas, an energy resource abundant but relatively untapped in the country. [ FULL STORY ]