{"id":33835,"date":"2014-12-04T22:25:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=33835"},"modified":"2014-12-05T01:32:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T17:32:10","slug":"ruby-moves-apec-forum-from-albay-to-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/04\/ruby-moves-apec-forum-from-albay-to-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ruby\u2019 moves APEC forum from Albay to Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11519\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Malacanang_palace_view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11519\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Malacanang_palace_view-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Malacanang_palace_view-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Malacanang_palace_view.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Informal Senior Officials Meeting (ISOM) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to be held from Dec 8 to 9 was moved from its original event place in Legazpi City, Albay to Manila, following the approaching Typhoon \u201cRuby\u201d (local name).<\/p>\n<p>The decision to move was made following the consultation with APEC 2015 National Organizing Committee and Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, according to Malacanang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is highly unfortunate, we have deemed it best to err on the side of prudence and ensure the safety of the delegates,\u201d Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Legazpi was also chosen as host to other APEC-related meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ochoa also added that Albay\u00a0 should be focusing on the preparations for the coming Typhoon which was forecasted to hit the Bicol region this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to assure everyone that contingencies are in place. The government is ensuring that the rest of the activities push through, and is making preparations for the coming typhoon,\u201d Ochoa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are united in ensuring the safety and comfort of all delegates; we are likewise conscious of our abiding obligation to ensure that all steps are taken to prepare for the typhoon,\u201d Ochoa said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Informal Senior Officials Meeting (ISOM) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to be held from Dec &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":11519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}