Pinay who created lamp that runs on saltwater — APEC spotlight

“I say let’s just do it online first”, Ma urged. “An ambitious agreement in Paris will prompt investors to invest in clean energy technologies”, Obama said at APEC CEO Summit in Manila. “So we believe this model, if it works in China, it can work in other nations”, Ma said.

He says businesses can do right by their bottom line, the planet and future generations. “The businesses agree, the governments follow”, he said. “Europeans are particularly concerned about American government surveillance, even after the Paris attack, she said”.

The billionaire called for the creation of a new trade treaty, which he referred to as “WTO 2.0” or “e-WTO”, that helps small enterprises and eliminates political interests.

“No matter what country you are, no matter what size of company you are, trade is a freedom”. We have being waiting for the Doha Round for so many years.

Jack Ma is the single most anticipated corporate speaker at the Apec CEO Summit and his rags-to-riches journey has captured the global limelight especially after a landmark US$21.8-billion (S$30.9 billion) stock debut in NY previous year. When the internet came, we made the infrastructure really work and sophisticated. “I said one thing: If we can be successful, 80 per cent of the Chinese people can be successful because we are the people without resources, we are the people without money, we are the people without relationship and we are the people without even knowing the technology”.

Agreement on climate change is one of the bright spots in Washington’s troubled relationship with Beijing, which has been shaken recently by a row over China’s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea.

Globalization, he explained, helped pump up the world economy but it was mostly developing nations that benefited from it.

“We have to build a world that’s more transparent, more inclusive, more caring of others and that empower others”.

Aisa Mijeno – an engineer and environmental advocate and faculty member of Engineering at De La Salle University-Lipa – was thrust into the global limelight at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit on Wednesday, Nov 18.

“The lamp you talked about, in addition to providing light, you also charge cell phones, so people are more likely to charge their cell phones… more likely to use e-commerce, to purchase things on Alibaba”, Obama joked.

Mendejo was inspired to seek a safe, cost-effective, and sustainable lighting alternative after watching Buscalan villagers, residing among the mountains of Kalinga, trek six hours just to access kerosene to power their traditional lamps.